— paraselenic /par'euh si lee"nik, -len"ik/ , adj.
/par'euh si lee"nee/ , n. , pl. paraselenae /-nee/ . Meteorol.
a bright moonlike spot on a lunar halo; a mock moon.
Also called moondog . Cf. parhelion .
[ 1645-55; para- PARA- 1 + Gk seléne the moon ]