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Noun Concept
Categories: Vortices, Meteorological phenomena, Severe weather and convection
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whirlwind  Great whirlwind  Leaf Devil  Lesser whirlwind  major whirlwind
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A more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth WordNet 3.0
English:
atmospheric phenomenon
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A more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A whirlwind is a phenomenon in which a vortex of wind forms due to instabilities and turbulence created by heating and flow gradients. Wikipedia
Any kind of vertical wind vortex. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Weather phenomenon Wikidata
The upward-whirling, moist air that can form in a thunderstorm. OmegaWiki
IS A
windstorm
whirlpool
storm
HAS KIND
dust devil
fire whirl
steam devil
DE
Bhoot
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature
DIFFERENT FROM
tornado
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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whirlwind
Wikipedia
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whirlwind
Wikidata
EN
whirlwind
OmegaWiki
EN
whirlwind
Wikipedia Redirections
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Great whirlwind, Leaf Devil, Lesser whirlwind, major whirlwind, minor whirlwind, Whirlwind (atmospheric phenomenon), whirlwinds

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