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cloud_genus
cloud genus
English
Noun
cloud genus (plural cloud genera)
- (meteorology) Grouping of the standard cloud classification system. Members include cirrus, cirrocumulus, cirrostratus, altocumulus, altostratus, nimbostratus, stratocumulus, stratus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus.
Source AMS Glossary of Meteorology