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anvil cloud

anvil cloud

The flattened, spreading top of a cumulonimbus cloud, formed when rising air reaches a stable layer of the atmosphere.

All languages

English
anvil cloud
Norwegian
amboltsky
Japanese
かなとこ雲 — かなとこぐも — kanatokogumo
Korean
모루구름 — morugureum
Spanish
nube en yunque
French
enclume de cumulonimbus
German
Ambosswolke

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