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Leonid

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Le·o·nid  (l-nd)
n. pl. Le·o·nids or Le·on·i·des (l-n-dz)
One of the falling stars of the meteor shower recurring annually in mid-November.
[From Latin Le, Len-, Leo; see Leo.]
Leonid [ˈliːənɪd]
n pl Leonids, Leonides [lɪˈɒnɪˌdiːz]
(Astronomy) any member of a meteor shower that is usually insignificant, but more spectacular every 33 years, and occurs annually in mid-November, appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo
[from New Latin Leōnidēs, from leō lion]


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