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VIRGA
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Light wispy precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the ground (especially when the lower air is low in humidity)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("virga" is a kind of...):
downfall; precipitation (the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist))