mammatus
- adjective
- /ˈmæməˌtəs/
- Specialized
- The weather report mentioned the presence of mammatus clouds following the severe weather.
Examples
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After the thunderstorm, unusual mammatus clouds appeared across the evening sky.
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Photographers rushed outside to capture the rare mammatus formations above the city.
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Wow! Look at those mammatus clouds!
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The mammatus clouds look amazing!
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After the thunderstorm, unusual mammatus clouds appeared across the evening sky.
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Photographers rushed outside to capture the rare mammatus formations above the city.
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The weather report mentioned the presence of mammatus clouds following the severe weather.
Synonyms
A surface with many small bumps
Having many small rounded bumps like nipples
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mammatus comes from the Latin word mamma, meaning 'breast' or 'udder'. So mammatus describes clouds with rounded, hanging pouches that look like small breasts.