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Taurid

Taurid noun: any of a group of annual meteors associated with the comet Encke, and whose radiant point is in the constellation Taurus.

Noun

Taurid (plural Taurids)

  1. Any of a group of annual meteors associated with the comet Encke, and whose radiant point is in the constellation Taurus.

Forms of Taurid

pluralTaurids

Origin of Taurid

From Taurus + -id.

Questions about Taurid

What does Taurid mean?
Taurid means any of a group of annual meteors associated with the comet Encke, and whose radiant point is in the constellation Taurus.
What part of speech is Taurid?
Taurid is a noun.
What is the plural of Taurid?
The plural of Taurid is Taurids.

Words near Taurid in the dictionary

  1. tauricide
  2. tauricides
  3. Taurick
  4. Tauricks
  5. tauricornous
  6. Taurid
  7. Taurida
  8. Tauridian
  9. Tauridians
  10. tauridor
  11. tauridors

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