sundog

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As regards sundog, the missing link would be a theological or astronomical treatise that introduced and justified the use of the word.

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  1. noun A parhelion.
  2. noun A small halo or rainbow near the horizon just off the parhelic circle.

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  • A trick of the light, like a sundog or the aurora borealis: golden patches swimming through the cool air. —  F ;SF; - vol 087 issue 02 - August 1994
  • As regards sundog, the missing link would be a theological or astronomical treatise that introduced and justified the use of the word. —  OUPblog
  • They also won't forget the appearance of a sundog, a bright circular spot on a solar halo. —  DailyHerald.com > News
  • You obviously get some mongs in there (sundog) as in any unit. —  Army Rumour Service
  • These sundog-caused UFO's also had fuzzy edges I had always heard a lot of wild speculation about the condition of Mantell's crashed F-51, so I wired for a copy of the accident report. —  The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects
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