meteoroid

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SEE DEFINITION OF meteoroid

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Synonyms for meteoroid

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WORD ORIGIN

"rock floating in space, which becomes a meteor when it enters Earth's atmosphere," formed in English, 1865, from meteor + -oid.

MORE RELATED WORDS FOR METEOROID

meteor

nounanything that progresses with spectacular speed

shooting star

nounmeteor

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