Mutatus

{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-010633",
  "term": "Mutatus",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definition": "A suffix used in cloud classification to indicate that a cloud has formed through the complete or near-complete internal transformation of a pre-existing cloud of a different genus. The new cloud type replaces the old one entirely. For example, a layer of Altostratus that transforms into Nimbostratus is named Nimbostratus altostratusmutatus.",
  "see_also": [
    "Genitus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/mutatus/"
}