rope tornado
Appearance
English
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Etymology
[edit]From rope + tornado, from the thin, ropelike appearance of the funnel cloud.
Noun
[edit]rope tornado (plural rope tornadoes)
- (meteorology) A tornado that is much longer than it is wide, and often sinuous, often opposed to a wedge tornado.