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moondog

moondog is the alternative form of moon dog.

Meaning of moon dog

Noun

moon dog (plural moon dogs)

  1. A bright, circular spot, sometimes seen on a lunar halo, caused by refraction through ice crystals.

Forms of moondog

pluralmoondogs

Questions about moondog

What is moondog the alternative form of?
Moondog is the alternative form of moon dog.

Words near moondog in the dictionary

  1. mooncusser
  2. mooncussers
  3. Moondarra
  4. moondial
  5. moondials
  6. moondog
  7. moondoggle
  8. moondoggles
  9. moondogs
  10. moondown
  11. moondrome

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moondog (page history and authors); moon dog (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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