Quadrantids
[kwo-dran-tidz] /kwɒˈdræn tɪdz/
noun, (used with a plural verb) Astronomy.
1.
a collection of meteors comprising a meteor shower (Quadran·tid me·teor show·er) visible around January 31 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Boötes.
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