Megacryometeor vs. Hailstone

Megacryometeornoun

(meteorology) a very large water ice object that falls from the sky, similar in composition to hailstones

Megacryometeor

A megacryometeor is a very large chunk of ice which, despite sharing many textural, hydro-chemical, and isotopic features detected in large hailstones, is formed under unusual atmospheric conditions which clearly differ from those of the cumulonimbus cloud scenario (i.e. clear-sky conditions).

Hailstonenoun

A single ball of hail, or solid precipitation

Hailstonenoun

A single particle of ice falling from a cloud; a frozen raindrop; a pellet of hail.

Hailstonenoun

small pellet of ice that falls during a hailstorm