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calvus

[kal-vuhs]

adjective Meteorology.

(of a cumulonimbus cloud) having its upper portion changing from a rounded, cumuliform shape to a diffuse, whitish, cirriform mass with vertical striations.

Origin:
< Neo-Latin, Latin: literally, bald

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