Sundog

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A parhelion.
  • n. A small halo or rainbow near the horizon just off the parhelic circle.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Alternative spelling of sun dog.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A luminous spot occasionally seen a few degrees from the sun, supposed to be formed by the intersection of two or more halos, or in a manner similar to that of halos.
  • n. A fragmentary rainbow; a small rainbow near the horizon; -- called also dog and weathergaw.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A mock sun, or parhelion.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals
    • Hypernym
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    Variant
    dog    weathergaw   
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