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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PERSEID

PERSEID Per "se *id, n. (Astron.)

Defn: One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 1 th of August, and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiating from the constellation Perseus. They are beleived to be fragments once connected with a comet visible in 1862.

New American Oxford Dictionary

Perseids

Per se ids |ˈpərsēidz ˈpərsiɪdz |Astronomy an annual meteor shower radiating from a point in the constellation Perseus, reaching a peak about August 12.

Oxford Dictionary

Perseids

Perseids |ˈpəːsɪˌɪdz |Astronomy an annual meteor shower with a radiant in the constellation Perseus, reaching a peak about 12 August.

Duden Dictionary

Perseiden

Per se i den Pluralwort , die |Perse i den |Pluraletantum zu Perseus ; ihr Radiant 2 liegt in diesem Sternbild regelmäßig im Juli und August zu beobachtender Schwarm von Meteoren

French Dictionary

perséides

perséides n. f. pl. nom féminin pluriel astronomie Étoiles filantes qui semblent venir de la constellation de Persée. : On peut observer les Perséides au cours du mois d ’août. Note Typographique Le nom s ’écrit avec une majuscule initiale.