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Meanings of mother-of-pearl cloud in English

A luminous iridescent cloud at a high altitude that may be seen when the sun is a few degrees below the horizon.

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        Examples for "nacreous cloud"
        Examples for "nacreous cloud"
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        The sky outside the window was pale, ethereal, marbled with nascent, nacreous cloud.
        Slow decay