1. a luminous iridescent cloud at a high altitude that may be seen when the sun is a few degrees below the horizon; [syn: nacreous cloud, mother-of-pearl cloud]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mother-of-pearl cloud
n 1: a luminous iridescent cloud at a high altitude that may be
seen when the sun is a few degrees below the horizon [syn:
nacreous cloud, mother-of-pearl cloud]