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meteor shower

/ˌmidiər ˈʃaʊər/
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Other forms: meteor showers

Definitions of meteor shower
  1. noun
    a transient shower of meteors when a meteor swarm enters the earth's atmosphere
    synonyms: meteor stream
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    type of:
    atmospheric phenomenon
    a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere
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