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Taurids

 [tawr-idz]  

Tau·rids

   [tawr-idz]
noun (used with a plural verb) Astronomy.
a collection of meteors constituting a meteor shower (Taurid meteor shower) visible during the period of October 26 to November 16 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Taurus.
Origin:
1885–90; taur(us) + -id1 + -s3
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