URSIDS


Meaning of URSIDS in English

/err"sidz/ , n. ( used with a pl. v. ) Astron.

a collection of meteors comprising a meteor shower (Ursid meteor shower) visible around December 22 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Ursa Major.

[ URS(A MAJOR) + -ID 1 + -S 3 ]

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