"cap cloud" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cap clouds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cap cloud (plural cap clouds)
  1. (meteorology) An accessory cloud in the form of a cap which occurs above, or attached to, cumulus, cumulonimbus, and sometimes stratocumulus clouds. Categories (topical): Clouds, Meteorology Synonyms: pileus

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