roll cloud

English

Etymology

They usually appear to be "rolling" about a horizontal axis.

Noun

roll cloud (plural roll clouds)

  1. (meteorology) A low, horizontal, tube-shaped, and relatively rare type of arcus cloud, differing from shelf clouds by being completely detached from other cloud features.
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