Usually means: Small, swirling, columnar air vortex.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word dust devil:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. dust devil: Merriam-Webster
  2. dust devil: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dust devil: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dust devil: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dust devil: Vocabulary.com
  6. dust devil: Wiktionary
  7. dust devil: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. dust devil: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. dust devil: Dictionary.com
  10. Dust Devil (film), Dust devil (disambiguation), Dust devil: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. dust devil: Rhymezone
  12. dust devil: FreeDictionary.org
  13. dust devil: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. dust devil: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dust devil: Encyclopedia

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)
  3. Weather Glossary (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See dust_devils as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (dust devil)

noun:  A small atmospheric vortex appearing in clear, dry conditions, made visible by swirling dust picked up from the ground.

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