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Perseidae

Perseidae is the plural of Perseid.

Meaning of Perseid

Noun (1)

Perseid (plural Perseids or Perseidae)

  1. (Greek) A descendant of Perseus.
    • Thus the Family of Pelops got the poſſeſſion of two Kingdoms, and became ſuperior in Wealth and Power to the Perſeids their Rivals.1735, Thomas Blackwell, An Enquiry Into the Life and Writings of Homer, page 20

Noun (2)

Perseid (plural Perseids or Perseides)

  1. Any of the meteors in a meteor shower that appears to come from the constellation Perseus.

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Forms of Perseidae

alternative form (archaic)Perseidæ

Origin of Perseidae

Borrowed from Latin Perseidae, plural of Perseidēs.

Questions about Perseidae

What is Perseidae the plural of?
Perseidae is the plural of Perseid.

Words near Perseidae in the dictionary

  1. persecutresses
  2. persecutrices
  3. persecutrix
  4. persed
  5. perseid
  6. Perseidae
  7. Perseide
  8. Perseides
  9. perseids
  10. Perseidæ
  11. perseitol

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Perseidae (page history and authors); Perseid (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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