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meteor shower
(me¦teor shower)
Pronunciation:
/ˈmiːtɪəˌʃaʊə(r)/
noun
a number of meteors that appear to radiate from one point in the sky at a particular date each year, due to the earth regularly passing through them at that position in its orbit.
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