parasitic cone


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parasitic cone

[¦par·ə¦sik·ik ′kōn]
(geology)
adventive cone
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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