comet
A celestial phenomenon with the appearance of such a body.
Other meanings
Any of several species of hummingbird found in the Andes.
A kind of
- extraterrestrial object
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "κομήτης" (longhaired).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “comet” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.