LYRIDS


Meaning of LYRIDS in English

/luy"ridz/ , n. ( used with a pl. v. ) Astron.

a collection of meteors comprising a meteor shower (Lyrid meteor shower) visible April 22 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Lyra.

[ LYR(A) + -ids, pl. of -ID 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .