"sun dog" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sun dogs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sun dog (plural sun dogs)
  1. Either of two bright spots, caused by the refraction of sunlight through ice crystals, sometimes seen on the parhelic circle. Wikipedia link: sun dog Categories (topical): Atmospheric phenomena, Sun Synonyms: mock sun, parhelion, sundog Translations (spot): лъжливо слънце (lǎžlivo slǎnce) (Bulgarian), parheli [masculine] (Catalan), parhelium [neuter] (Dutch), bijzon [feminine] (Dutch), auringonsappi (Finnish), sivuaurinko (Finnish), parhélie [feminine] (French), Nebensonne [feminine] (German), melléknap (Hungarian), vaknap (Hungarian), cimbora (Hungarian), napkutya (Hungarian), naphalo (Hungarian), parhelion (Hungarian), hjásól [feminine] (Icelandic), aukasól [feminine] (Icelandic), gíll (english: to the west of the sun) [masculine] (Icelandic), úlfur (english: to the east of the sun) [masculine] (Icelandic), úlfakreppa (english: both simultaneously) [feminine] (Icelandic), 幻日 (genjitsu) (Japanese), 무리해 (murihae) (Korean), 환일 (hwanil) (Korean), imurangi (Maori), shá bitłʼájiiłchiiʼ (Navajo), gallj [masculine] (Norn), خورشید کاذب (Persian), خورشید مجازی (Persian), عکس خورشید (Persian), پیراخورشید (Persian), Biesonn [feminine] (Plautdietsch), słońce poboczne [neuter] (Polish), parhelion [masculine] (Polish), halou [neuter] (Romanian), парге́лий (pargélij) [masculine] (Russian), ло́жное со́лнце (lóžnoje sólnce) [neuter] (Russian), parhelio (Spanish), vädersol [common-gender] (Swedish), bisol [common-gender] (Swedish), solvarg [common-gender] (Swedish), yalancı güneş (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-sun_dog-en-noun-bBr7abxW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Persian terms with redundant script codes

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