English dictionary
perseid
/'p/[@]/rs/i//I/d/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th of August, and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiating from the constellation <i>Perseus</i>. They are beleived to be fragments once connected with a comet visible in 1862.
Source: webster1913
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One of a group of shooting stars appearing annually about the 10th of August. They are probably fragments of Swift's comet 1862 (III).
Source: webster1913