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Noun: Perseid  pur-see-id
  1. One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th of August, and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiating from the constellation Perseus. They are believed to be fragments once connected with a comet visible in 1862

Derived forms: Perseids

Encyclopedia: Perseid

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