OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 33628

parhelion

/pɑːˈhiː.lɪ.ən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
parhelio
Synonym of sun dog (“a bright spot in the sky, usually one of two on the parhelic circle on both sides of the sun (or occasionally above and below it), caused by the refraction of the sun's image through ice crystals”).
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