CIRRUS CLOUD

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles)

Synonyms:

cirrus; cirrus cloud

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("cirrus cloud" is a kind of...):

cloud (a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cirrus cloud"):

mare's tail (a long narrow flowing cirrus cloud)

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