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Cirrus cloud

British pronunciation/sˈɪɹəs klˈaʊd/
American pronunciation/sˈɪɹəs klˈaʊd/
Cirrus cloud
[NOUN]
1

a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles)

synonyms : cirrus
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1Hidden among the poofy cumulus clouds and the wispy cirrus clouds, there are the rarer types.
2The first sign of one is high cirrus clouds, followed by lower and thicker altostratus clouds, and then still lower and thicker stratus clouds that bring drizzly rain.
3A high, whispy cirrus cloud that descended and spread into a sheet was named cirrostratus, while groups of fluffy cumulus clouds that joined up and spread were named stratocumulus.
4i can see that so not only are cirrus clouds the ones that are the highest up out of all the clouds they're also the fastest because of all the super fast winds that are moving them along so what do cirrus clouds
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