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DUST DEVIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A miniature whirlwind strong enough to whip dust and leaves and litter into the air
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("dust devil" is a kind of...):
whirlwind (a more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth)