Cloudling

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small or miniature cloud; an immature or formative stage in the development of a cloud.

    "And yet at first it seemed hard to believe that so innocent a cloudling could be the progenitor of mist dense enough to blot out even a section of the enormous landscape."

Synonyms

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cirruscloudlandcloudletcocktailcumulusmushroom cloud

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"And yet at first it seemed hard to believe that so innocent a cloudling could be the progenitor of mist dense enough to blot out even a section of the enormous landscape."

Etymology

From cloud + -ling.

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