"bolis" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Latin bolis",
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        "3": "βολίς",
        "4": "",
        "5": "missile, arrow, javelin"
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      "expansion": "Ancient Greek βολίς (bolís, “missile, arrow, javelin”)",
      "name": "der"
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        "2": "bolide"
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      "expansion": "Doublet of bolide",
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  "etymology_text": "From Latin bolis, from Ancient Greek βολίς (bolís, “missile, arrow, javelin”). Doublet of bolide.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bolides",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1851, British Association for the Advancement of Science, Report, volume 20, page 90",
          "text": "A bolis appearing as large as an orange, with a train some yards in length, crossed Wrenbury, Cheshire, about 10 p.m. (p. 305). The observer was my brother, Mr. William Thomson, surgeon, Wrenbury, near Nantwich.",
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      "glosses": [
        "A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; especially one which explodes."
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          "shooting star",
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        "(archaic) A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; especially one which explodes."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bolide"
        },
        {
          "word": "fireball"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈboʊlɪs/"
    }
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  "word": "bolis"
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      "expansion": "Latin bolis",
      "name": "bor"
    },
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        "3": "βολίς",
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        "5": "missile, arrow, javelin"
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      "expansion": "Ancient Greek βολίς (bolís, “missile, arrow, javelin”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of bolide",
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  "etymology_text": "From Latin bolis, from Ancient Greek βολίς (bolís, “missile, arrow, javelin”). Doublet of bolide.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bolides",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "English terms with quotations"
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          "ref": "1851, British Association for the Advancement of Science, Report, volume 20, page 90",
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        "A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; especially one which explodes."
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          "shooting star",
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        "(archaic) A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; especially one which explodes."
      ],
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          "word": "fireball"
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