cirrostratus

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Noun — A high, pale, veil-like cloud that can cover the whole sky and sometimes creates a halo around the sun or moon.

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Etymology

From cirro- + stratus, coined by the British chemist and amateur meteorologist Luke Howard (1772–1864): see the 1803 quotation.