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Leonid

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noun, plural Le·o·nids, Le·on·i·des

[lee-on-i-deez] . Astronomy.

any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.

Origin:
1875–80; < Neo-Latin Leonidēs, equivalent to Latin Leōn- (stem of Leō) Leo + -idēs -id¹

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any of the nine large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun

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Leonid (ˈliːənɪd)

—n , pl Leonids, Leonides
	any member of a meteor shower that is usually insignificant, but more spectacular every 33 years, and occurs annually in mid-November, appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo

[C19: from New Latin Leōnidēs, from leō lion]

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