Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A high cloud belonging to the cirrus group, but having the cumulus structure; an alto-cumulus. See cloud.

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  • His nobly sloping brow tilted heavenward, his wispy white hair swirled about his dome like a wreath of cumulo-cirrus, his milky blue eyes shuttered in repose.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • His nobly sloping brow tilted heavenward, his wispy white hair swirled about his dome like a wreath of cumulo-cirrus, his milky blue eyes shuttered in repose.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

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