arcus
Americannoun
plural
arcusEtymology
Origin of arcus
< Latin: bow, arch
Example Sentences
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One evening, ominous, low-lying tube-shaped clouds known as arcus formed, and whitecaps appeared in the waves.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
Video shows a shelf cloud - a type of arcus cloud - form before a thunderstorm hit Portland.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2022
To Cassiopeia, she added, “Next time, try pluvius arcus, dear; the meaning is clearer.”
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
Etruscos celebrare viros, testudinis arcus, Urna, tholus, statu�, templa, domusque petunt.
From Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 04 (of 10), Filippino Lippi to Domenico Puligo by De Vere, Gaston du C.
In elderly persons we ought always to look for the arcus senilis, which is a sign of a tendency to fatty degeneration.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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