"meteors" in the noun sense
1. meteoroid, meteor
astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
2. meteor, shooting star
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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