cryovulkaan

Dutch

Etymology

Calque of English cryovolcano, equivalent to cryo- + vulkaan.

Noun

cryovulkaan m (plural cryovulkanen)

  1. (planetology, geology, volcanology) a volcano on an icy moon or asteroid that ejects volatile materials rather than magma; a cryovolcano
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