Perseides

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A form of Perseide

OriginLatin Perseides →
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Meanings

Perseides1

noun
  1. pluralplural of Perseide (“descendant of Perseus”)

Perseides2

noun
  1. pluralplural of Perseid (“meteor”)

    […] the Perseides, or August meteors, […]

    1866, Astronomical Register, page 259
    1 more example

    […] the Perseides observed last August by the editor, Prof. Tacchini, and his assistant, G. de Lisa […]

    1877, The Athenaeum, page 134

Origin

Perseides · noun

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Perseides · noun

  1. LatinPerseides
  2. EnglishPerseides

Borrowed from Latin Perseides, plural of Perseis (“Perseid (meteor)”).

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APA

Perseides. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Perseides

MLA

“Perseides.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Perseides. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Perseides,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Perseides.

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