/kwo dran"tidz/ , n. ( used with a pl. v. ) Astron.
a collection of meteors comprising a meteor shower (Quadrantid meteor shower) visible around January 31 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Boötes.
[ 1875-80; Quadrant- (s. of Quadrans, in Quadrans ( Muralis ) (mural) quadrant, obs. constellation name) + -ID 1 + -S 3 ]