Ursids

Ursids
/err"sidz/, n. (used with a pl. v.) Astron.
a collection of meteors comprising a meteor shower (Ursid meteor shower) visible around December 22 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Ursa Major.
[URS(A MAJOR) + -ID1 + -S3]

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