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Cirrus cloud   /sˈɪrəs klaʊd/   Listen
Cirrus cloud

noun
1.
A wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles).  Synonym: cirrus.





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"Cirrus cloud" Quotes from Famous Books



... form of cloud has quite recently been referred to by a French meteorologist. It is probable, says M. E. Durand-Greville in La Nature, November 24, 1900, that Lamarck was the first to observe the so-called pocky or festoon cloud, or mammato-cirrus cloud, which at rare intervals has been observed since ...
— Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution - His Life and Work • Alpheus Spring Packard


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