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Group	Hint	Answer	% Correct
Genera	Transparent, whitish cloud veil, capable of producing halo phenomena	Cirrostratus	100%
Genera	Fibrous, delicate filaments in the upper troposphere	Cirrus	100%
Genera	Extremely tall and dense, in the form of a tower	Cumulonimbus	100%
Genera	Detached clouds in the form of rising mounds	Cumulus	100%
Genera	Layer (or sheet) of puffy clouds	Stratocumulus	100%
Genera	Generally grey cloud layer with a uniform base, sometimes bringing drizzle, snow, or snow grains	Stratus	100%
Special clouds	Originating from aircraft, disappearing or transforming into another cloud in at least 10 minutes	Aircraft condensation trails	0%
Genera	White-grey sheet of cloud, rounded masses, sometimes partially fibrous or diffuse	Altocumulus	0%
Genera	Blue-grey striated layer of clouds, mid-troposphere. Sun is partially visible through this cloud	Altostratus	0%
Supplementary features	A dense, horizontal roll, on the lower front part of certain clouds	Arcus	0%
Supplementary features	Extremely rare cloud; chaotic underside with minimal horizontal organisation, rolling, descending into sharp points	Asperitas	0%
Upper atmospheric clouds	Type II - originating oft in groups, roughly parallel to each other or interwoven in small angles Type IIa - Comprised of streaks with diffuse, blurred edges Type IIb - Have sharply defined edges	Bands	0%
Upper atmospheric clouds	Type III - arranged within close space, roughly parallel short streaks. Sometimes gives the appearance of a comb or feather IIIa: Comprised of short, straight and narrow streaks IIIb: Exhibit a wave-like structure with undulations	Billows	0%
Species	Upward-protrubing puffy mounds beginning to lose their cumuliform outlines, with no cirriform part visible	Calvus	0%
Species	Often in the form of an anvil, with a fibrous cirriform top	Capillatus	0%
Species	Cumuliform protuberances in the form of turrets	Castellanus	0%
Special clouds	Forms within the vicinity of large waterfalls	{Cataracta}genitus	0%
Supplementary features	A horizontal, tail-shaped cloud (not a funnel) at low levels extending from the main precipitation region of a supercell Cumulonimbus	Cauda	0%
Supplementary features	Hole-punched cloud, with a wisp typically falling from the central part of the hole	Cavum	0%
Genera	Thin layer of small grain-like clouds in the upper troposphere	Cirrocumulus	0%
Species	Strongly sprouting cumuliform cloud, the upper portion of which resembles cauliflower	Congestus	0%
Varieties	Cloud patches, sheets, or layers, at at least two different levels. Can be partially merged	Duplicates	0%
Species	Detached clouds or a thin cloud veil, consisting of straight or slightly curved filaments that do not end in hooks or tufts	Fibratus	0%
Special clouds	Clouds may develop as a consequence of convection initiated by heat from forest fires, wildfires or volcanic eruptions.	{Flamma}genitus	0%
Species	Small tufts with a cumuliform appearance, the lower part of which is ragged	Floccus	0%
Supplementary features	A relatively short-lived formation, which is found on the top part of the cloud in a breaking wave shape	Fluctus	0%
Accessory clouds	Bands of low clouds associated with cumulonimbi, arranged parallel to low-level winds	Flumen	0%
Species	Clouds in the form of irregular shreds, which have a clearly ragged appearance	Fractus	0%
Special clouds	Developed as a consequence of human activity	{Homo}genitus	0%
Special clouds	Developed as a consequence of human activity	{Homo}mutatus	0%
Supplementary features	Unique type of the cloud above; a horizontal and detached cloud	Horseshoe vortex	0%
Species	Puffy cloud with limited vertical extent, and which appears as flattened	Humilis	0%
Supplementary features	The upper portion of a Cumulonimbus spread out in the shape of an anvil with a smooth, fibrous or striated appearance	Incus	0%
Varieties	Cirrus that are irregularly curved and tangled	Intortus	0%
Varieties	Contains circular perforations, arranged like a net or honeycomb	Lacunosus	0%
Species	Shape of lenses, almonds, or UFOs	Lenticularis	0%
Supplementary features	Cloud whose etymology is from the Latin for 'breast' or 'udder'	Mamma	0%
Species	Cumulus of moderate vertical extent, with sprouting at the top	Mediocris	0%
Species	Unique type of the cloud above	Morning Glory	0%
Supplementary features	A localised, persistent, often abrupt lowering of a cloud from the base of said cloud (unique to one genus)	Murus	0%
Upper atmospheric clouds	Shows very marked irisation; formed roughly at the ozone layer	Nacreous clouds	0%
Species	Like a nebulous or ill-defined cloud veil or layer	Nebulosus	0%
Genera	Grey cloud layer, made diffuse by continuous precipitation	Nimbostratus	0%
Upper atmospheric clouds	Clouds found in the mesosphere, composing of ice crystals often condensing onto meteor dust. Seen during twilight most commonly in the summer; bluish or silvery in colour	Noctilucent clouds	0%
Varieties	Extensive cloud patch or layer, opaque enough to block out or mask the sun or moon	Opacus	0%
Accessory clouds	Ragged shreds; below another cloud, sometimes attached to it	Pannus	0%
Varieties	Extensive cloud layer, containing distinct or small spaces between the elements, enough to see the sun or moon	Perlucidus	0%
Accessory clouds	Cap or hood on the top of a cumuliform cloud, often penetrating it	Pileus	0%
Supplementary features	Precipitation falling from the cloud and reaching the surface	Praecipitatio	0%
Varieties	Parallel bands that, owing to perspective, seem to converge at a singular point on the horizon	Radiatus	0%
Special clouds	Originates over forests as a result of increased humidity due to evaporation and evapotranspiration from the canopy	{Silva}genitus	0%
Species	Upper tropospheric-cloud, dense, which appear greyish when viewed in front of the sun	Spissatus	0%
Species	Spreads out in an extensive horizontal layer	Stratiformis	0%
Varieties	Clouds in an extensive layer, sufficiently translucent to reveal the position of the sun or moon	Translucidus	0%
Supplementary features	TORNADO!!! (and waterspouts)	Tuba	0%
Species	Unique to cirrus; often shaped like a comma, terminating at the top like a hook	Uncinus	0%
Varieties	A cloud showing a rolling pattern	Undulates	0%
Upper atmospheric clouds	Type I of the above cloud - tenuous and lack well-defined structure	Veils	0%
Accessory clouds	An accessory cloud veil of great horizontal extent, close above or attached to the upper part of one or several cumuliform clouds that often pierce it.	Velum	0%
Varieties	Arranged in the form of ribs	Vertebratus	0%
Supplementary features	Precipitation falling from the cloud that does not reach the surface. Trails of precipitation can be vertical or inclined	Virga	0%
Species	A long, horizontal, tube-shaped cloud mass	Volutus	0%
Upper atmospheric clouds	Stratospheric clouds with smaller and less numerous particles than the above cloud, and which exist at temperatures up to 6 °C above the ice point and contain solid hydrates or liquid solution droplets of nitric acid and water.	Water polar stratospheric clouds	0%
Upper atmospheric clouds	Type IV - partial or, rarely, complete rings with dark centres IVa: Comprised of whirls of small radius of curvature. May appear as small bright crests IVb: Have the form of a simple bend of one or several bands IVc: Have a large-scale ring structure	Whirls	0%