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n. - Freely flowing lava.

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  • From this grove we travelled as before in single file over an immense expanse of lava of the kind called pahoehoe, or satin rock, to distinguish it from the a-a, or...
  • Nothing but black lava'mostly solidified ropy pahoehoe, with a sprinkling of dangerously sharp a'a.
  • With a good-natured singsong having something to do with vultures and fudge, the alien followed the two men across the glowing pahoehoe.
  • Professor Alexander, of Honolulu, supposes them to be from the beginning less fluid than pahoehoe, and that they advance very slowly, being full of solid points, or...
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