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Perseides

Perseides is the plural of Perseide.

Perseides 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.

See all 8 meanings of perseid

Origin of Perseides

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

Questions about Perseides

What is Perseides the plural of?
Perseides is the plural of Perseide.

Words near Perseides in the dictionary

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

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