PARHELION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: parhelia

Meaning:

A bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals

Example:

two or more parhelia are usually seen at once

Synonyms:

mock sun; parhelion; sundog

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("parhelion" is a kind of...):

dapple; fleck; maculation; patch; speckle; spot (a small contrasting part of something)

Derivation:

parhelic (relating to or resembling a parhelion)