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sundog

(n): a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals

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over 2 years ago elsabet said:

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.

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