Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun   A high cloud belonging to the cirrus group, but having the cumulus structure; an alto-cumulus. See cloud .
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Examples
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								His nobly sloping brow tilted heavenward, his wispy white hair swirled about his dome like a wreath of cumulo-cirrus, his milky blue eyes shuttered in repose. 
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								His nobly sloping brow tilted heavenward, his wispy white hair swirled about his dome like a wreath of cumulo-cirrus, his milky blue eyes shuttered in repose. 
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