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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.

Definition 2024


Plêiades

Plêiades

See also: Pleiades and pléiades

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Proper noun

Plêiades f pl

  1. (Greek mythology) Pleiades (seven sisters, companions of Artemis)
  2. (astronomy) Pleiades (open cluster of hot blue stars in the constellation Taurus)