mock sun

/mɑk sən/
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Other forms: mock suns

Definitions of mock sun
  1. noun
    a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals
    synonyms: parhelion, sundog
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    type of:
    dapple, fleck, maculation, patch, speckle, spot
    a small contrasting part of something
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