Definition of "shooting star" []

• See meteor. (noun)
• Any of several North American perennial herbs of the genus Dodecatheon, having nodding flowers with reflexed petals. (noun)

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• "I was still staring at this phenomenon when the long streak of a shooting star brought my mind back to our heat-shield problem."
• "But he knew that in the Graveyard of Lost Ships, it was a shooting star in the night sky, a perfect omen for making wishes come true."
• "These were lapel pins fashioned in the shape of the official astronaut symbol, a three-rayed shooting star passing through an ellipse."