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tropical cyclone
noun
a cyclone that originates over a tropical ocean area and can develop into the destructive storm known in the U.S. as a hurricane, in the western Pacific region as a typhoon, and elsewhere by other names. Compare extratropical cyclone, hurricane (def. 1), willy-willy.
Origin:
1915–20
1915–20
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tropical cyclone  (trŏp'ĭ-kəl) Pronunciation Key
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