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mackerel skies

mackerel skies is the plural of mackerel sky.

Meaning of mackerel sky

Noun

mackerel sky (plural mackerel skies)

  1. A sky filled with a regular pattern of altocumulus clouds somewhat resembling the skin of a mackerel.
    • […] in a fair day, if the Sky seem to be dappled with white Clouds, which is usually termed, A Mackerel-Sky, it commonly predicts rain:1717, Dictionarium Rusticum, Urbanicum & Botanicum, London: J. Nicholson et al., 2nd edition, “CLOUDS,”

Questions about mackerel skies

What is mackerel skies the plural of?
Mackerel skies is the plural of mackerel sky.

Words near mackerel skies in the dictionary

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  4. mackerel shark
  5. mackerel sharks
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  8. mackerel sky and mare's-tails make lofty ships carry low sails
  9. mackerel sky and mare's-tails make tall ships carry low sails
  10. mackerel snapper
  11. mackerel snappers

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