"star shower" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: star showers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} star shower (plural star showers)
  1. Synonym of meteor shower Synonyms: meteor shower [synonym, synonym-of], star-shower
    Sense id: en-star_shower-en-noun-Tx15vIRm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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