Draconid
[ drak-uh-nid ]
nounAstronomy.
any of several unrelated meteor showers whose radiants are in the constellation Draco.
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How to use Draconid in a sentence
Several of the Draconid are parasites, and suck the roots of other plants, and have only just enough of their own to catch with.
Proserpina, Volume 2 | John RuskinThe toothworts and broom rapes are Draconid, I think, and wholly parasites.
Proserpina, Volume 2 | John Ruskin
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