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cometlike

adj

Etymology

From comet + -like.

  1. derived from κομήτης — “longhaired”
  2. derived from comētēs
  3. derived from comete
  4. inherited from comēta
  5. inherited from comete
  6. suffixed as cometlike — “comet + like”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a comet.

    • WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 — Astronomers have discovered that a giant star that has been studied for centuries is streaking across the sky trailing an enormous, cometlike tail.

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