What type of tornado contains several vortices revolving inside the main circulation?

A tornado containing several vortices revolving inside its main circulation is a multiple-vortex tornado.

In a multiple-vortex tornado, two or more smaller subvortices rotate around a common center while also spinning around their own axes. These subvortices can appear and disappear rapidly, and they are often visible only when condensation and airborne debris outline them clearly. Their motion makes the tornado’s internal structure highly complex.

The smaller vortices can produce narrow streaks or arcs of extreme damage beside areas that receive much weaker damage. In some cases, they add more than 100 mph to the ground-relative wind in part of the circulation. This uneven damage pattern is one reason a tornado’s appearance and its surveyed damage may seem inconsistent.

A satellite tornado is different: it is a separate, smaller tornado near a larger one, not a subvortex sharing the main circulation. “Wedge” and “rope” describe overall shape or appearance, not the presence of multiple internal vortices. The 2013 El Reno tornado was a notable multiple-vortex example.