Par`a*se*le"ne (?), n.; pl. Paraselenae (#). [NL., from Gr. beside + the moon: cf. F. paras'elene.] Meteor.

A mock moon; an image of the moon which sometimes appears at the point of intersection of two lunar halos. Cf. Parhelion.

 

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