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cloud cap

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noun

Meteorology.
  1. cap cloud.


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One of the most striking of these is the planet's seasonal north polar cloud cap.

From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2023

Her gray cloud cap is pulled down across her nose and she leans in her hurry against the storm.

From Chimney-Pot Papers by Endell, Fritz August Gottfried

Almost every day in summer there appears above the peak of Mount Blanc a beautifully formed cloud cap standing some distance above it and hollowed out underneath like an inverted cup.

From Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. by Gray, Elisha

There is no snow at the summit, but there is nearly always a white cloud cap there, hence the name.

From Prowling about Panama by Miller, George A.

It was worth all the fatigue, cold, and bruises, for that appallingly illogical cloud cap took a new vagary.

From A Woman Tenderfoot by Seton-Thompson, Grace Gallatin