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stratus
stra·tus [ stráytəss, stráttəss ] (plural stra·ti [ stráy t ])


noun 
Definition:
 
flat cloud formation: a low-lying flat gray cloud formation
[Early 19th century. < modern Latin< Latin, past participle of sternere "lay or throw down"]
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