neutercane

neutercane
\\ˈn(y)üd.ə(r)ˌkān\ noun (-s)
Etymology: Latin neuter neither + English -cane (as in hurricane); from the difficulty of classifying it as either hurricane or frontal storm
: a subtropical cyclone that is usually less than 100 miles in diameter and that draws energy from sources common to both the hurricane and the frontal cyclone

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/nooh"teuhr kayn', nyooh"-/, n.
a storm resembling a small hurricane but obtaining part of its energy by the same mechanism as a frontal cyclone.
[1970-75; NEUTER + (HURRI)CANE, with hurr- punningly taken as her]

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