falling starnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌfɔː.lɪŋ ˈstɑːr/us/ˌfɑː.lɪŋ ˈstɑːr/UK informala meteor (= a piece of rock from space that produces a bright light as it travels through the earth's atmosphere)
Synonym
shooting star
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Astronomy
- asteroid
- astral
- astro-
- astrolabe
- astronomer
- gibbous
- heavenly body
- interplanetary
- interstellar
- Jupiter
- Pleiades
- plough
- Pluto
- Polaris
- pulsar
- Uranus
- Venus
- vernal equinox
- wane
- white dwarf
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