DUST DEVIL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A miniature whirlwind strong enough to whip dust and leaves and litter into the air

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("dust devil" is a kind of...):

whirlwind (a more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth)

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