banner cloud

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Etymology

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From banner +‎ cloud. From being a banner-like cloud that hangs off a mountain like a flapping flag.

Noun

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banner cloud (plural banner clouds)

  1. (meteorology) a small, triangular cloud, extending downwind from the peak of a mountain as if a flag, or banner.

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