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gustnado

noun

Etymology

Blend of gust front + tornado.

  1. derived from *(s)tenh₂-✻ — “to thunder”
  2. derived from tonō — “to thunder”
  3. derived from tronada — “thunderstorm”
  4. compounded as gustnado — “gust front + tornado”

Definitions

  1. A type of short-lived, low-level rotating cloud that can form in a severe thunderstorm.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA