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mammatus

mammatus is the ellipsis of mammatus cloud.

Meaning of mammatus cloud

Noun

mammatus cloud (plural mammatus clouds)

  1. A cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud.

Forms of mammatus

pluralmammati

Origin of mammatus

From New Latin mammatus.

Phrases with mammatus

Questions about mammatus

What is mammatus the ellipsis of?
Mammatus is the ellipsis of mammatus cloud.

Words near mammatus in the dictionary

  1. mammasans
  2. mammate
  3. mammati
  4. mammatocumuli
  5. mammatocumulus
  6. mammatus
  7. mammatus cloud
  8. mammatus clouds
  9. mammaw
  10. mammaws
  11. mammectomies

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