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parhelions

parhelions 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

Forms of parhelions

alternative formparhelia

Questions about parhelions

What is parhelions the plural of?
Parhelions is the plural of parhelion.

Words near parhelions in the dictionary

  1. parheliacal
  2. parhelic
  3. parhelic circle
  4. parhelic circles
  5. parhelion
  6. parhelions
  7. parhelium
  8. parholaspidid
  9. parholaspidids
  10. parhypate
  11. parhypates

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