Pleiades

[plaiәdi:z]

Definition

(noun.) a star cluster in the constellation Taurus.

(noun.) (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion.

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Definition

(n. pl.) The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky.

(n. pl.) A group of small stars in the neck of the constellation Taurus.

Edited by Clare