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fumarole

fu.ma.role \'fyu:-m*-.ro-l\ \.fyu:-m*-'ro--lik, -'ra:l-ik\ n [It fumarola, 
   modif. of LL fumariolum, fr. L fumarium smoke c]hamber for aging wine, fr. 
   fumus : a hole in a volcanic region from which hot gases and vapors issue  
   - fu.ma.rol.ic aj