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parhelia

parhelia is the plural of parhelion.

Meaning of parhelion

Noun

parhelion (plural parhelia or parhelions)

  1. Synonym of sun dog (“a bright spot in the sky, usually one of two on the parhelic circle on both sides of the sun (or occasionally above and below it), caused by the refraction of the sun's image through ice crystals”).
    Synonyms:
    mock sun, sun dog
  2. An image or reflection.
    • The short (166 lines) Canto One, with all those amusing birds and parhelia, occupies thirteen cards.1962, Charles Kinbote [pseudonym; Vladimir Nabokov], Pale Fire, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, published November 1985, →ISBN

Words that rhyme with parhelia

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Questions about parhelia

What is parhelia the plural of?
Parhelia is the plural of parhelion.

Words near parhelia in the dictionary

  1. pargos
  2. pargyline
  3. pargylines
  4. Parham
  5. Parhams
  6. parhelia
  7. parheliacal
  8. parhelic
  9. parhelic circle
  10. parhelic circles
  11. parhelion

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