(definition) by Webster 1913 Thu Jan 19 2006 at 6:06:44

Tau"rid (?), n. [Taurus + 1st -id.] (Astron.)

Any of a group of meteors appearing November 20-23; -- so called because they appear to radiate from a point in Taurus.

 

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