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mare's tail
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synonyms: Cirrus uncinus ???
tags: [botany] [meteorology]
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Definition:1. a type of cirrus cloud that supposedly portends a windy day2. a common name for one of three types of plants, a.k.a. horsetail
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By degrees the fog disappeared under the action of the sun's rays, the radiant orb rose from behind the eastern horizon. The sea flamed under its glance like a train of gunpowder. The clouds scattered in the heights were coloured with lively tints of beautiful shades, and numerous "mare's tails," which betokened wind for that day.
Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
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Would you mind getting that orchid for me among the mares-tails yonder? We are very rich in orchids on the moor, though, of course, you are rather late to see the beauties of the place.
Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902)
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