Lyrids

Lyrids
/luy"ridz/, n. (used with a pl. v.) Astron.
a collection of meteors comprising a meteor shower (Lyrid meteor shower) visible April 22 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Lyra.
[LYR(A) + -ids, pl. of -ID1]

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