meteor, n.
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freq. cnt. 6
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freq. cnt. 6
(astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
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meteor meteoroid
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a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode
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meteor shooting star
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