pleiades | | |
n. (person) | 1. pleiades | (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion. |
| ~ greek mythology | the mythology of the ancient Greeks. |
| ~ nymph | (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden.; "the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water" |
| ~ asterope, sterope | (Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades. |
n. (object) | 2. pleiades | a star cluster in the constellation Taurus. |
| ~ bunch, clump, cluster, clustering | a grouping of a number of similar things.; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers" |
| ~ asterope, sterope | one of the stars in the star cluster Pleiades. |
| ~ taurus | a zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere near Orion; between Aries and Gemini. |
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