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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Lyrid

/(lī"rĭd)/ · Ly·rid · IPA /ˈlaɪ.ɹɪd/
01 n. One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so called because the apparen…
  1. 1.
    One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so called because the apparent path among the stars if traced backwards crosses the constellation Lyra.(Astron.)