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Names for various types of clouds are derived from Latin and fall into three main categories; cirrus, the Latin name for a lock of hair, are the high-level wispy formation clouds; cumulus, after the Latin word for pile are the clouds found closer to the surface of the earth; and stratus, from the Latin word meaning layers.
