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cirrocumuli

n. (plural of cirrocumulus English)

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cirrocumuli
cirrocumulus
  1. n. a cloud at a high altitude consisting of a series of regularly arranged small clouds resembling ripples [syn: cirrocumulus cloud]

  2. [also: cirrocumuli (pl)]

Usage examples of "cirrocumuli".

The planet itself seemed to veil its face gradually with distended cirrocumuli, as if in self-defense against the incredibly thin and yet so destructive ray, which jabbed at the remaining shards of ice as they sank into the atmosphere.

Wisps of feathery cirrocumuli, spiraling inward, began to close the breach in Quinta's cloud cover, but they had not yet filled it when a yellow light burst up through them.