About The Word Leonid
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What's The Definition Of Leonid?Synonyms | Synonyms for Leonid: Related Terms | Find terms related to Leonid: See Also | Leonid In Webster's Dictionary \Le"o*nid\ (l[=e]"[-o]*n[i^]d), n. [From {Leo}: cf. F.
l['e]onides, pl.] (Astron.)
One of the shooting stars which constitute the star shower
that recurs near the fourteenth of November at intervals of
about thirty-three years; -- so called because these shooting
stars appear on the heavens to move in lines directed from
the constellation Leo.
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