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Pleiades

Ple′ia-des

(?; 277)
,
Noun.
pl.
[L., fr. Gr. ([GREEK])]
1.
(Myth.)
The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky.
2.
(Astron.)
A group of small stars in the neck of the constellation
Taurus
; – called also
the seven sisters
.
Job xxxviii. 31.

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Pleiades

Pleiades

See also: pléiades and Plêiades

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Pleiades

Pleiades star cluster
  1. (Greek mythology) The "seven sisters", companions of Artemis and daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione.
  2. (astronomy) An open cluster of hot blue stars in the constellation Taurus, and the most easily visible such cluster from Earth.

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