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noun(vol-ca-no)a vent in the crust of the earth or another planet or a moon from which usually molten or hot rock and steam issue; also : a hill or mountain composed wholly or in part of the ejected material
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noun(vol-ca-no)something of explosively violent potential
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geographical name(vol-ca-no)islands in the western Pacific south of the Bonin Islands area 11 square miles (29 square kilometers)
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noun(vol-ca-no)a broad rounded volcano that is built up by successive outpourings of very fluid lava
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geographical name(vol-ca-no)lake 12 miles (19 kilometers) long in southwestern Guatemala at an altitude of 4700 feet (1432 meters) occupying a crater 1000 feet (305 meters) deep north of Atitlán Volcano
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geographical name(vol-ca-no)island of the northern Philippines north of Luzon; site of the Camiguin Volcano, which is 2602 feet (793 meters) high
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geographical name(vol-ca-no)island of the southern Philippines in the Bohol Sea off the northern coast of Mindanao
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geographical name(vol-ca-no)cinder cone 8368 feet (2550 meters) in northeastern New Mexico; main feature of Capulin Volcano National Monument
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geographical name(vol-ca-no)volcanic crater in Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, north central Arizona