"lenticular cloud" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lenticular clouds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lenticular cloud (plural lenticular clouds)
  1. (meteorology) A high-altitude cloud that is shaped like a lens. Wikipedia link: lenticular cloud Categories (topical): Clouds, Meteorology Synonyms: lenticularis Translations (type of cloud): 莢狀雲 (Chinese Mandarin), 荚状云 (jiázhuàngyún) (Chinese Mandarin), mantelipilvi (Finnish), レンズ雲 (renzukumo) (alt: レンズくも) (Japanese), nube lenticular (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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