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mackerel sky
noun
- an extensive group of cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds, especially when well-marked in their arrangement: so called because of a resemblance to the scales on a mackerel.
mackerel sky
noun
- a sky patterned with cirrocumulus or small altocumulus clouds
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mackerel sky1
First recorded in 1660–70
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mackerel sky1
from the similarity to the pattern on a mackerel's back
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Example Sentences
The colors in her fur are like a mackerel sky.
From The Guardian
"Mackerel sky, mackerel sky, not long wet nor not long dry," said a man in a black silk top hat to Tristran and Yvaine.
From Literature
We stay in the present moment and talk about the mackerel sky and the planes she thinks are birds.
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The lilies had died back to the ground; the bark of the crepe myrtles had all peeled away; there was a mackerel sky.
From Literature
But now they were higher and smaller, settling at last into a mackerel sky like a beach at low tide.
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