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meteoroid
CIDE DICTIONARY
meteoroid, n. [Meteor + -oid.].
A small body moving through space, or revolving about the sun, which on entering the earth's atmosphere would be deflagrated and appear as a meteor. [1913 Webster]
"These bodies [small, solid bodies] before they come into the air, I call meteoroids." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
meteoroid, n. any small body moving in the solar system that becomes visible as it passes through the earth's atmosphere as a meteor.
Derivative
meteoroidal adj.
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