a collection of meteors comprising a meteor shower (Quadrantid meteor shower) visible around January 31 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Boötes
Word origin
[1875–80; ‹ NL Quadrant- (s. of Quadrāns, in Quadrāns (Mūrālis) (mural) quadrant, obs. constellation name) + -id1 + -s3]