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/pɑːˈhiː.lɪ.ən/ · noun
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”)..
The short (166 lines) Canto One, with all those amusing birds and parhelia, occupies thirteen cards.
Use parhelion when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Parhelion means 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”)..
Common synonyms include mock sun, sun dog, sundog.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The short (166 lines) Canto One, with all those amusing birds and parhelia, occupies thirteen cards.
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