sun·dog

(sŭn′dôg′, -dŏg′)

2. A small halo, sometimes resembling part of a rainbow, near the horizon just off the parhelic circle.

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sundog

(ˈsʌnˌdɒɡ)

1. (Physical Geography) another word for parhelion

2. (Physical Geography) a small rainbow or halo near the horizon

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sun•dog

(ˈsʌnˌdɔg, -ˌdɒg)

n.

1. parhelion.

2. a small or incomplete rainbow.

[1625–35; orig. uncertain]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

sundog - a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals; "two or more parhelia are usually seen at once"

mock sun, parhelion

maculation, patch, speckle, dapple, fleck, spot - a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"

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uite so cold for another Sundog, the Maligne -flowing rivers of the distance from Jasper eze over to leave s, frozen waterfalls and Guide Joan Dillon leads our group of heavily wrapped-up visitors along the two-mile valley - the deepest accessible canyon in the national park - and explains the causes of the rugged karst topography and the effects of glacial erosion.

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Sundog Tours guide Kevin Hasson regales Sundog Tours guide Kevin Hasson regales us with tales of how the region had once been us with tales of how the region had once been more like the wild west than a sleepy backwater, more like the wild west than a sleepy backwater, with regular cowboy shoot-outs in the lawless with regular cowboy shoot-outs in the lawless towns.

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JORY MICKELSON'S work has appeared or is forthcoming in Superstition Review, Sundog Lit, Weave Magazine, The Collagist, The Los Angeles Review, The Adirondack Review, Boxcar Poetry Review, and other journals.

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We established contact with Richard's son Sam who runs the Sundog Pictures film company, and met some influential people.

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