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A shooting star is really a meteor.

Here is the meaning for the word meteor.

  
 


Main Entry: me·te·or
Pronunciation: 'mEt-E-&r, -E-"o(&)r
Function: noun
: one of the small bodies of matter in the solar system observable when it falls into the earth's atmosphere where the heat of friction may cause it to glow brightly for a short time; also : the streak of light produced by the passage of a meteor
 

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Definition from the student dictionary at http://www.wordcentral.com/

 

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