undulatus

[ uhn-doo-ley-tuhs, -dyoo- ]

noun

, Meteorology.

1. billow cloud.

Word History and Origins

Origin of undulatus¹

< New Latin, Latin undulātus. See undulate

Example Sentences

The Dermestes undulatus beetle was found on the remote Flat Holm island, and scientists believe it could be the species' last stronghold in the UK.

From BBC

He supposed, if you had to, you could call this thing an undulatus — the standard classification for a broad, wavy cloud.

From New York Times

This was “undulatus turned up to 11,” he said.

From New York Times

It was there that he first saw what he calls the undulatus asperatus cloud, unlike anything else on the books.

From The Verge

So the cloud enthusiast visited the University of Reading, where a graduate student adopted the undulatus asperatus as the subject of his final paper.

From The Verge