pannus

From Glossary of Meteorology
Numerous cloud shreds below the main cloud.

These shreds may constitute a layer, which may be separated from the main part of the cloud, or attached to it. This accessory cloud occurs mostly with nimbostratus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus.
See scud, cloud classification.

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