Dictionary entry

Paraselene

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Par′a‐se‐le″ne (?), n.; pl.Paraselenæ (#). [NL., from Gr. παρά beside + σελήνη the moon: cf. F. parasélène.] (Meteor.) A mock moon; an image of the moon which sometimes appears at the point of intersection of two lunar halos. Cf. Parhelion.