Astr. [f. LYR-A + -ID2.] One of a group of meteors observed in some years about April 20th, apparently radiating from the constellation Lyra.
1883. Encycl. Brit., XVI. 111/2. Lyraids.
1885. Athenæum, 16 May, 634/1. As Mr. Denning was watching the progress of the Lyrids, he saw a remarkable meteor which rose with great rapidity.
b. attrib.
1899. Edin. Rev., Oct., 319. Biela’s is not the only comet with meteoric appurtenances; there are Leonid, Perseid and Lyrid comets as well.
