LEONID


Meaning of LEONID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈlē-ə-nid ]

noun

( plural Leonids or Le·on·i·des lē-ˈä-nə-ˌdēz)

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

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