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A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | © A Dictionary of Earth Sciences 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

mackerel sky Pattern of wavy cirrocumulus (or altocumulus) cloud with holes which produces an overall resemblance to the body markings of mackerel. See also VERTEBRATUS.

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