Usually means: Meteor shower associated with comet.
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▸ noun:  (astronomy) Any of a group of annual meteors associated with the comet Encke, and whose radiant point is in the constellation Taurus.

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Quadrantid, tetracuspid, Triangulum, triones, Taygeta, Tellurian, tellurium, Black Turtle, triquetrum, tetraeterid, more...

Types:
comet, meteor, meteoroid, asteroid, more...

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Similar:
Quadrantid, tetracuspid, Triangulum, triones, Taygeta, Tellurian, tellurium, Black Turtle, triquetrum, tetraeterid, more...

Types:
comet, meteor, meteoroid, asteroid, more...



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