banner cloud
English
editEtymology
editbanner + cloud From being a banner-like cloud that hangs off a mountain like a flapping flag
Noun
editbanner cloud (plural banner clouds)
- (meteorology) a small, triangular cloud, extending downwind from the peak of a mountain as if a flag, or banner.
Translations
editsmall, triangular cloud
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References
edit- Source AMS Glossary of Meteorology