Shooting star

Definition of Shooting star

(Astron.)	A starlike, luminous meteor, that, appearing suddenly, darts quickly across some portion of the sky, and then as suddenly disappears, leaving sometimes, for a few seconds, a luminous train, - called also falling star.
(Bot.)	The American cowslip (Dodecatheon Meadia). See under Cowslip.

See also: Shooting Shooting

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, meteor train, meteoric shower, meteorite, meteoroid, meteorolite, micrometeorite, micrometeoroid, owl, radiant, radiant point, rainbow, raven, siderite, siderolite, storm clouds, stormy petrel, tektite, thundercloud, thunderhead

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