STRATUS CLOUD

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A large dark low cloud

Synonyms:

stratus; stratus cloud

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("stratus 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 "stratus cloud"):

altostratus; altostratus cloud (a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles)

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