Quadrantid

noun

Qua·​dran·​tid kwä-ˈdran-təd 

: any of a group of meteors that appear annually about January 3

Word History

Etymology

New Latin Quadrant-, Quadrans (Muralis) mural quadrant, a group of stars in the constellation Draco from which the shower appears to radiate

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined above