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Pleiades

//ˈpliː.əˌdiz// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The "seven sisters", companions of Artemis and daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione. Greek, plural
  2. 2
    An open cluster of hot blue stars in the constellation Taurus, and the most easily visible such cluster from Earth. plural
Noun
  1. 1
    (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion wordnet

Etymology

From Latin Pleiades, from Ancient Greek Πλειάδες (Pleiádes). In the astronomical sense, displaced Old English seofonstierre (literally “the seven stars”).

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