stratocumulus

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What does stratocumulus mean?

A principal low-level cloud type, predominantly stratiform, in the form of a gray and/or whitish layer or patch, which nearly always has dark parts and is nonfibrous.

Where does stratocumulus come from?

Etymology tree English strato- Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.? Latin cumulusbor. English cumulus English stratocumulus From strato- + cumulus.

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