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sun_dog

sun dog

See also: sundog

English

Sun dogs

Alternative forms

sundog

Noun

sun dog ‎(plural sun dogs)

Either of two bright spots, caused by the refraction of sunlight through ice crystals, sometimes seen on the parhelic circle.

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Translations

spot

Dutch: parhelium n, bijzon (nl) f
Finnish: auringonsappi
French: parhélie (fr) f
German: Nebensonne (de)
Icelandic: hjásól (is) f, aukasól (is) f, gíll (is) m (to the west of the sun), úlfur (is) m (to the east of the sun), úlfakreppa f (both simultaneously)

Maori: imurangi
Navajo: shá bitłʼájiiłchiiʼ
Persian: خورشید کاذب, خورشید مجازی, عکس خورشید, پیراخورشید
Russian: парге́лий (ru) m ‎(pargélij), ло́жное со́лнце n ‎(lóžnoje sólnce)
Spanish: parhelio

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