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shootingstar

shootingstar is the alternative form of shooting star.

Meaning of shooting star

Noun

shooting star (plural shooting stars)

  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. Any of several wild flowering plants in the genus Primula (synonym Dodecatheon), mostly found in Western North America.
    Synonyms:
    shootingstar
    1. The flowering plant Primula meadia (synonym Dodecatheon meadia).

Forms of shootingstar

pluralshootingstars

Questions about shootingstar

What is shootingstar the alternative form of?
Shootingstar is the alternative form of shooting star.

Words near shootingstar in the dictionary

  1. shooting-iron
  2. shooting-irons
  3. shooting-jacket
  4. shooting-jackets
  5. shootings
  6. shootingstar
  7. shootingstars
  8. shootist
  9. shootists
  10. shootless
  11. shootlessness

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