Geminids

Geminids
/jem"euh nidz/, n. (used with a pl. v.) Astron.
a collection of meteors making up a meteor shower (Geminid meteor shower) visible around December 13, having its apparent origin in the constellation Gemini.
[GEMIN(I) + -ID1 + -S3]

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