shooting-star
41shooting star — noun a) A meteor, especially a streak of light in the night sky, caused by a meteoroid burning up as it enters the Earth’s atmosphere. b) Any of several wild plants in the Dodecatheon genus of flowering plants mostly found in Western North… …
42shooting star — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. meteor, falling star, fireball, bolide, meteorite. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. meteor, fireball, bolide, comet, meteorite …
43shooting star — shoot′ing star′ n. 1) astron. meteor 1), b) 2) pln any North American plant of the genus Dodecatheon, of the primrose family, esp. D. meadia, having pink or white flowers • Etymology: 1585–95 …
44shooting star — /ʃutɪŋ ˈsta / (say shoohting stah) noun 1. a falling star; a meteor. 2. the American cowslip, Dodecatheon meadia, having bright nodding flowers and reflexed lobes of the corolla …
45shooting star — Synonyms and related words: aerolite, angry clouds, black cat, black clouds, bolide, broken mirror, chondrite, cosmic dust, fireball, gathering clouds, halcyon bird, meteor, meteor crater, meteor dust, meteor shower, meteor swarm, meteor trail,… …
46Shooting Star — Lockheed T 33 jet fighter trainer aircraft …
47shooting star — noun 1》 a small, rapidly moving meteor burning up on entering the earth s atmosphere. 2》 a North American plant having white, pink, or purple hanging flowers with backward curving petals. [Genus Dodecatheon.] …
48shooting star — noun (C) a small piece of rock or metal from space, that burns brightly as it falls towards the Earth; meteor …
49ˌshooting ˈstar — noun [C] a piece of rock that makes a line of light as it falls through the sky Syn: meteor …
50Shooting Star — A meteoroid that strikes our atmosphere at high speed and is seen as a streak of light in the night sky. Also called Falling Stars …
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