landphoon

English

Etymology

Blend of land +‎ typhoon

Noun

landphoon (plural landphoons)

  1. (meteorology, informal) A supercell thunderstorm whose radar signature resembles that of a hurricane, with a center free of precipitation; a tornadocane.
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