Bolis

·noun A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; ·esp. one which explodes.

bolis
bŏlis, ĭdis, f., = βολίς (a missile, an arrow), a fiery meteor of the form of an arrow , Plin. 2, ...

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