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Perseide

Perseide is the archaic form 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 Perseide

pluralPerseides

Questions about Perseide

What is Perseide the archaic form of?
Perseide is the archaic form of Perseid.

Words near Perseide in the dictionary

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

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