The constellation of the Pleiades

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• Pleiades — /plee euh deez , pluy /, n.pl. 1. Class. Myth. seven daughters of Atlas and half sisters of the Hyades, placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion. One of them (the Lost Pleiad) hides, either from grief or shame. 2. Astron. a… …   Universalium

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• Pleiades — Plei|a|des the Pleiades a) a group of stars in the ↑constellation called ↑Taurus b) in ancient Greek ↑mythology, the seven daughters of Atlas, who were changed into stars by Zeus …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Pleiades — Ple ia*des (?; 277), n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. (?)] 1. (Myth.) The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky. [1913 Webster] 2. (Astron.) A group of small stars in the neck of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Pleiades — late 14c., the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione, transformed by Zeus into seven stars, from L., from Gk. Pleiades, perhaps lit. constellation of the doves from a shortened form of peleiades, pl. of peleias dove, from PIE root *pel dark… …   Etymology dictionary