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meteoroid swarm

غنگ ِ شخانه‌وار

qang-e šaxânevâr

Fr.: essaim de météoroïdes

A relatively dense collection of meteoroids at certain spots along some → meteoroid streams.

→ meteoroid; → swarm.

swarm

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qang

Fr.: essaim

A great number of things especially in motion. → meteorite swarm.

ME; OE swearm; cf. O.S., M.L.G. swarm, Swed. svärm, M.Du. swerm, O.H.G. swarm, Ger. Schwarm "swarm;" O.N. svarmr "tumult."

Qang in Lârestâni "swarm of bees, flies, or the like," Lori qem (qem zaye) "swarm of bees, ants, and the like."

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