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FATA MORGANA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mirage in the Strait of Messina (attributed to the Arthurian sorcerer Morgan le Fay)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("fata morgana" is a kind of...):
mirage (an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects)