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noun
- A form of lava flow of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a smooth or ropey surface. It is one of two chief forms of lava flow emitted from volcanoes of the Hawaiian type, the other form being aa.
- Quotations
- 1859' - R. C. Haskell in American journal of science and arts'', series XXVIII
- : We...saw 'pahoihoi' or solid lava forming, and also 'aa' or clinkers.
Etymology: Hawaiian
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