cirrostratus

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Michael, meanwhile, doesn't know his cumulus from his cirrostratus, and his food chain is messed up right down to the single-celled sharks.

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

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  • 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
 

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