D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Fata Morgana

/fät'-ə môr-găn'-ə/ · Fa·ta Mor·ga·na · IPA /ˌfɑtə mɔɹˈɡɑnə/
01 A kind of mirage by which distant objects appear inverted, distorted, displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed particularly at the Straits o…
  1. 1.
    A kind of mirage by which distant objects appear inverted, distorted, displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed particularly at the Straits of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily.