calvus
[ kal-vuhs ]
adjectiveMeteorology.
(of a cumulonimbus cloud) having its upper portion changing from a rounded, cumuliform shape to a diffuse, whitish, cirriform mass with vertical striations.
Origin of calvus
1<New Latin, Latin: literally, bald
Words Nearby calvus
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How to use calvus in a sentence
If justice is wounded because Florus keeps afloat in the shipwreck where Varius and calvus perish, it is justice which is wrong.
Decadence and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas | Remy de GourmontGo to meet him, learned Catullus, 630 with thy calvus, having thy youthful temples bound with ivy.
The Amores, or Amours | OvidThe letter refers to correspondence with calvus, and criticizes his oratory.
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors | George MiddletonTroglodytes calvus, a species or variety of chimpanzee, is bald-headed.
The Last Link | Ernst HaeckelAnthropopithecus calvus, Flower & Lydekker, Mammals, p. 736 .
A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 2 (of 2) | Henry O. Forbes
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