-id³ /-id/

1. Used in names of bodies, formations, particles, etc, as hydatid, energid
2. Used in the names of meteors coming from a particular constellation, as in Perseid, Orionid

Perseus /pûrˈsūs or -si-əs/

1. A fabled Greek hero who slew the Gorgon Medusa, and rescued Andromeda from a sea monster (Gr myth)
2. A constellation in the northern sky

Perˈseid /-si-id/ noun

A meteor of a swarm whose radiant is in the constellation Perseus

• surprise, surprise
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