meteor swarm
noun Astronomy.
any large number of meteoroids moving in parallel paths.
Compare
meteor shower.
Words nearby meteor swarm
metempsychosis,
metencephalon,
metenkephalin,
meteor,
meteor shower,
meteor swarm,
meteor.,
meteoric,
meteoric water,
meteorism,
meteorite
Example sentences from the Web for meteor swarm
By the time an hour had passed, the Falcon had groped out through the periodic break in the meteor-swarm around the asteroid.
The World with a Thousand Moons |Edmond HamiltonHe cut speed and eased the Sunsprite down into that thinner area of the meteor-swarm.
The World with a Thousand Moons |Edmond HamiltonThe thing that had registered as a larger lump in a meteor-swarm was not a meteor at all.
The Aliens |Murray Leinster