comets

/K AA1 M AH0 T S/

noun

1
A celestial body consisting mainly of ice, dust and gas in a (usually very eccentric) orbit around the Sun and having a "tail" of matter blown back from it by the solar wind as it approaches the Sun.
2
A celestial phenomenon with the appearance given by the orbiting celestial body.
3
Any of several species of hummingbird found in the Andes.

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