thunderhead

thunderhead
/thun"deuhr hed'/, n. Meteorol.
1. incus (def. 2).
2. cumulonimbus.
3. the upper portion of a cumulus cloud characterized by dense, sharply defined, cauliflowerlike upper parts and sometimes by great verticality.
[1850-55, Amer.; THUNDER + HEAD]

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