Taurids

Taurids
/tawr"idz/, n. (used with a pl. v.) Astron.
a collection of meteors constituting a meteor shower (Taurid meteor shower) visible during the period of October 26 to November 16 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Taurus.
[1885-90; TAUR(US) + -ID1 + -S3]

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