rope tornado

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

rope +‎ tornado, from the thin, ropelike appearance of the funnel cloud.

Noun[edit]

rope tornado (plural rope tornadoes)

  1. (meteorology) A tornado that is much longer than it is wide, and often sinuous, often opposed to a wedge tornado.

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