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waterspout

[waw-ter-spout, wot-er-] / ˈwɔ tərˌspaʊt, ˈwɒt ər- /
NOUN
vortex
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According to the International Centre for Waterspout Research, there were 18 confirmed waterspouts off the coast of Italy on Monday alone.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2024

According to the International Centre for Waterspout Research, there were 18 confirmed waterspouts off the coast of Italy on 19 August alone.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2024

According to the International Centre for Waterspout Research there were 18 confirmed waterspouts off the coast of Italy on 19 August alone.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2024

Waterspout illustration from Annalen der Physik, series 1 volume 7, 1801, from Michaud's "Beobachtungen einiger Wasserhosen..."

From Scientific American • Dec. 22, 2013

Friendship with his Prussian Majesty, last year, would have saved the whole of that large Waterspout about the Meadows of Clamei!

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 07 by Carlyle, Thomas




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