n.
Pronunciation: ' l ē - ə -nid
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural Leonids or Le · on · i · des \ l ē - ' ä-n ə - ˌ d ē z \
Etymology: Latin Leon-, Leo; from their appearing to radiate from a point in Leo
Date: 1876
: any of the meteors in a meteor shower occurring every year about November 14