English

Noun

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shooting star

1. A meteor; a streak of light in the night sky, caused by a meteoroid burning up as it enters the Earth�s atmosphere.
2. The Dodecatheon genus of flowering plants.

Synonyms
falling star (1)

Translations
trans-top|meteor
Esperanto: falstelo
Finnish: t-|fi|tähdenlento
German: t+|de|Sternschnuppe|f
Greek: t-|el|διά���ν α��ή�|m|sc=Grek (diátton astír)
Hungarian: t+|hu|hullócsillag
Japanese: ���; nagareboshi
trans-mid
Italian: t-|it|stella cadente|f
Portuguese: estrela cadente f
Spanish: t-|es|estrella fugaz
Swedish: fallande stjärna c, stjärnfall n
trans-bottom

trans-top|flowering plant
trans-mid
trans-bottom

See also
asteroid
comet
meteor
meteorite

Category:English misnomers

id:shooting star
hu:shooting star

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