stratocirrus

noun

strato·​cirrus

¦stra|tō,

-rā| also -rä| or -rȧ|+

: a low dense cirrostratus cloud classed with the altostratus

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from strato- entry 1 + cirrus

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