1. parhelion; sun dog; sundog (bright spot on either side of the Sun caused by refraction of sunlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere)See also 幻月
2. Sun dogA sun dog or sundog, scientific name parhelion (plural parhelia) from Greek παρήλιον (parēlion), meaning "beside the sun"; from παρά (para), meaning "beside", and ἥλιος (helios), meaning "sun", also called a mock sun or a phantom sun, is an atmospheric phenomenon that creates bright spots of light in the sky, often on a luminous ring or halo on either side of the sun.
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