Definition of Perseid

1. n. One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th 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.

2. n. One of a group of shooting stars appearing annually about the 10th of August. They are probably fragments of Swift's comet 1862 (III).

Medical Definition of Perseid

1. One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perseid

persecute
persecuted
persecutee
persecutees
persecutes
persecuting
persecution
persecutions
persecution complex
persecutive
persecutor
persecutors
persecutory
persecutory type of paranoid disorder
persecutrix
perseid (current term)
perseity
Persephone
Persepolis
perses
perseus
Perseus
perseverance
perseverance
perseverances
perseverate
perseverated
perseverates
perseverating
perseveration

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