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English noun: friar's lantern

1. friar's lantern (phenomenon) a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground


Synonymsignis fatuus, jack-o'-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp


Broader (hypernym)light, visible light, visible radiation









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