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Lyrid

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(n.) One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; - so called because the apparent path among the stars the stars if produced back wards crosses the constellation Lyra.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Lyrid'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/lyrid.html. 1828.
 
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