anthelion

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Ant·hel′ion (?; 277, 106), noun; pl. Anthelia (…).

Origin: Pref. anti + Gr. … sun.

Meteor. A halo opposite the sun, consisting of a colored ring or rings around the shadow of the spectator's own head, as projected on a cloud or on an opposite fog bank.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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