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noun A high-altitude, thin, hazy cloud, usually covering the sky and often producing a halo effect.

A moon dog is a relatively rare bright circular spot on a lunar halo caused by the refraction of moonlight by hexagonal-plate-shaped ice crystals in cirrus or cirrostratus clouds. — kare11.com - Top Stories News
Michael, meanwhile, doesn't know his cumulus from his cirrostratus, and his food chain is messed up right down to the single-celled sharks. — Remote Access
Ever wonder why you don't get drizzle from altostratus or cirrostratus clouds? — RealClimate
Clouds covered in the text include three kinds that are usually seen high up (three to four miles) in the atmosphere: cirrus, cirrostratus and cirrocumulus. — Epinions Recent Content for Home
A watery moon shining through a filmy cirrostratus--the outlook wonderfully desolate with its ghostly illumination and patchy clouds of flying snow drift. — Scott's Last Expedition Volume I