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sundew plant |
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sundial lupine |
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sundog
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sundog has 1 sense
- sundog(n = noun.phenomenon) mock sun, parhelion - a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals; "two or more parhelia are usually seen at once" is a kind of dapple, fleck, maculation, patch, speckle, spot
CIDE DICTIONARY
sundog, n.
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- A fragmentary rainbow; a small rainbow near the horizon; -- called also
dog andweathergaw . [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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