తోకచుక్క
Telugu
తోకచుక్క.
Etymology
తోక (tōka) + చుక్క (cukka)
Noun
తోకచుక్క • (tōkacukka) ? (plural తోకచుక్కలు)
- (astronomy) comet: a celestial body consisting mainly of ice, dust and gas in an orbit around the Sun and having a "tail" of matter blown back from it by the solar wind.
References
- “తోక” in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 563