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NACREOUS CLOUD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A luminous iridescent cloud at a high altitude that may be seen when the sun is a few degrees below the horizon
Synonyms:
mother-of-pearl cloud; nacreous cloud
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("nacreous cloud" is a kind of...):
cloud (a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude)
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