Par`a·se·le'ne noun ; plural Paraselenæ . [ New Latin , from Greek para` beside + ... the moon: confer French parasélène .] (Meteor.) A mock moon; an image of the moon which sometimes appears at the point of intersection of two lunar halos. Confer ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/21
paraselene 1. A bright moonlike spot on a lunar halo; a mock moon. Also called moondog. 2. A mock moon; an image of the moon which sometimes appears at the point of intersection of two lunar halos. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1929/