"mackerel sky" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Englisch]

Forms: the mackerel sky [singular], the mackerel skies [plural]
Etymology: zusammengesetzt aus mackerel ^(→ en) „Makrele“ und sky ^(→ en) „Himmel“
  1. eine Wolkenart; der Schäfchenwolkenhimmel
    Sense id: de-mackerel_sky-en-noun-ux7Y9qcr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: altocumulus mackerel sky Hypernyms: cloud, lenticular clouds Translations (eine Wolkenart; der Schäfchenwolkenhimmel): Schäfchenwolken [feminine] (Deutsch), Schäfchenwolkenhimmel [masculine] (Deutsch), makrellsky (Norwegisch)
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    {
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      "word": "Mackerel sky, mackerel sky. Never long wet and never long dry"
    }
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        {
          "text": "There were mackerel sky.",
          "translation": "Es gab Schäfchenwolken."
        },
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          "text": "The phrase ‚mackerel sky‘ came from the fact that it looks similar to the markings of an adult king mackerel ^(→ en)."
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      "sense": "eine Wolkenart; der Schäfchenwolkenhimmel",
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      "word": "Schäfchenwolken"
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        {
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        },
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      "sense": "eine Wolkenart; der Schäfchenwolkenhimmel",
      "sense_index": "1",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "Schäfchenwolken"
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      "word": "Schäfchenwolkenhimmel"
    },
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