Usually means: Optical phenomenon, halo around sun.
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General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. sun dog: Merriam-Webster
  2. sun dog: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sun dog: Wiktionary
  4. Sun dog, The Sun Dog: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sun dog: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sun-dog: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Weather Glossary (No longer online)
  2. SUN DOG: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  3. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (sun dog)

noun:  A bright spot in the sky, usually one of two on a 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.

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