Mackerel-sky
noun
1.
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.
noun
1.
a sky patterned with cirrocumulus or small altocumulus clouds
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