Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small halo, sometimes resembling part of a rainbow, near the horizon just off the parhelic circle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mock sun, or parhelion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Meteorol.) 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.
- noun A fragmentary rainbow; a small rainbow near the horizon; -- called also
dog andweathergaw .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
sun dog .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals
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Examples
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At the end of the sundog was a big, black chemtrail across the sun.
WN.com - Articles related to Asia pollution blows around globe due to monsoon 2010
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At the end of the sundog was a big, black chemtrail across the sun.
WN.com - Articles related to Asia pollution blows around globe due to monsoon 2010
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At the end of the sundog was a big, black chemtrail across the sun.
WN.com - Articles related to Asia pollution blows around globe due to monsoon 2010
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At the end of the sundog was a big, black chemtrail across the sun.
WN.com - Articles related to Asia pollution blows around globe due to monsoon 2010
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An unusual, rainbow-like phenomenon called a "sundog" was captured this week by reader
The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Top Stories 2010
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I will naively cling to hope that the Democratic leadership realize they have the advantage. sundog Says:
Matthew Yglesias » Centrist Senators Change Stimulus By Redistributing Wealth Upwards 2009
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"This may be the first time we've sent a probe through a sundog, and people will be studying this, so already we are learning things about our atmosphere from SDO."
The Solar Dynamics Observatory Soars to Study the Sun | Universe Today 2010
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Amazingly, viewers here at Kennedy Space Center saw the Atlas rocket fly close to a sundog just as the spacecraft reached Max-Q, creating a ripple effect around the spacecraft.
The Solar Dynamics Observatory Soars to Study the Sun | Universe Today 2010
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Do you know if anyone got any pictures of the sundog moment?
The Solar Dynamics Observatory Soars to Study the Sun | Universe Today 2010
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See this amazing video shot by a 13-year-old girl in attendance at the KSC VIP site that shows the sundog and shockwave. as noted by Jon Hanford in the comments.
The Solar Dynamics Observatory Soars to Study the Sun | Universe Today 2010
elsabet commented on the word sundog
From the OED:
1896 KIPLING Seven Seas, Three Sealers 68
And they saw the sun-dogs in the haze and the seal upon the shore.
June 28, 2007
bilby commented on the word sundog
Compare fogdog.
July 29, 2021