Usually means: Meteor shower from comet Tempel-Tuttle.
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  1. Leonids: Merriam-Webster
  2. Leonids: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Leonids: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Leonids: Wordnik
  5. Leonids: Wiktionary
  6. Leonids: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. Leonids: Dictionary.com
  8. Leonids: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Leonids: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Leonids: Encyclopedia

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  1. Leonids: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Leonids)

▸ noun:  (astronomy) The meteor shower that appears to originate from the constellation of Leo.

Similar:
Perseid, Zosma, Tears of St. Lawrence, Adhafera, Herculid, lyra, pegasid, Leda, Leto, cassiopeid, more...

Opposite:
aquariids, perseids, geminids

Adjectives:
brightest, photographic, most, few, several, respectable

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Similar:
Perseid, Zosma, Tears of St. Lawrence, Adhafera, Herculid, lyra, pegasid, Leda, Leto, cassiopeid, more...

Opposite:
aquariids, perseids, geminids

Adjectives:
brightest, photographic, most, few, several, respectable



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