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STRATUS (strati)
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Irregular inflected form: strati
Dictionary entry overview: What does stratus mean?
• STRATUS (noun)
The noun STRATUS has 1 sense:
1. a large dark low cloud
Familiarity information: STRATUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large dark low cloud
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
stratus; stratus cloud
Hypernyms ("stratus" is a kind of...):
cloud (a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stratus"):
altostratus; altostratus cloud (a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles)
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