noun
AstronomyAny of an annual shower of meteors which appear to radiate from the constellation Orion during October.
adjective
AstronomyOf or designating an Orionid, or the shower of Orionids.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in George F. Chambers (1841–1915). From Orion + -id.
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