Lyrids

[ lahy-ridz ]

noun(used with a plural verb)Astronomy.
  1. a collection of meteors comprising a meteor shower (Lyrid meteor shower ) visible April 22 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Lyra.

Origin of Lyrids

1
Lyr(a) + -ids, plural of -id1

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