bolide

An especially bright meteor, a bolide (in astronomy)

Meaning

Noun

An extremely bright meteor.
Any extraterrestrial body that collides with Earth.
A fireball.

Origin

Borrowed from French bolide, from Latin bolis, from Ancient Greek βολίς ("missile, arrow, javelin"). bolis.

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