rope tornado

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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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