friar's lantern

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Noun friar's lantern has 1 sense

friar's lantern, ignis fatuus, jack-o'-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp - a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground
--₁ is a kind of light, visible light, visible radiation

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friar's lantern

noun

a luminescent phosphorescent glow observed at night, caused by decaying vegetation in marshy areas, also known as a will-o'-the-wisp.

Example sentence: As they roamed through the eerie marshlands, the travelers were mystified by the flickering friar's lantern in the distance.

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