Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boötid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bootid
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A meteor of a meteor shower appearing to originate from Boötes.

Example Sentences

"Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke is recognized as the parent comet to the June Boötid meteor shower-a shower whose radiant location was first identified and described by Denning in June of 1916."

Etymology

From Boöt(es) + -id.

Inflected Forms

Boötids (plural) Bootid (alternative)

Questions

What does boötid mean?: A meteor of a meteor shower appearing to originate from Boötes.
Where does boötid come from?: From Boöt(es) + -id.

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