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Leonids

Leonids proper noun: the meteor shower that appears to originate from the constellation of Leo. Also the plural of Leonid.

Proper noun

Leonids

  1. The meteor shower that appears to originate from the constellation of Leo.

Also used as

Leonids is also the plural of Leonid.

Origin of Leonids

From Leonid + -s.

Questions about Leonids

What does Leonids mean?
Leonids means the meteor shower that appears to originate from the constellation of Leo.
What part of speech is Leonids?
Leonids is a proper noun.

Words near Leonids in the dictionary

  1. Leonid
  2. Leonidas
  3. Leonidi
  4. Leonidio
  5. Leonidion
  6. Leonids
  7. Leonie
  8. Leonila Hill
  9. leonine
  10. leonine share
  11. leonine shares

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