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Shooting star

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  1. 1
    A meteor, especially a streak of light in the night sky, caused by a meteoroid burning up as it enters the Earth's atmosphere.
  2. 2
    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 wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of several wild flowering plants in the genus Primula (synonym Dodecatheon), mostly found in Western North America.
  4. 4
    Any of several wild flowering plants in the genus Primula (synonym Dodecatheon), mostly found in Western North America.; The flowering plant Primula meadia (synonym Dodecatheon meadia).

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