cumulocirrus

noun

cu·​mu·​lo·​cirrus

¦kyümyə(ˌ)lō,

÷-mə-+

: a small cumulus cloud at a high altitude having the whiteness and delicacy of the cirrus

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from cumul- + cirrus

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