sundog

What does sundog mean?

sundog means "a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals".

How many syllables are in sundog?

sundog has 2 syllables and divides as sun-dog under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for sundog?

Close synonyms include parhelion, mock sun. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sundog a common word?

sundog is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sundog come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.