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Pleiades

proper noun

  1. the seven daughters of Atlas, who were metamorphosed into stars
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈplaɪ.əˌdiːz/ / /ˈpliː.əˌdiz/ / /ˈpleɪ.əˌdiz/

name

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

  1. The "seven sisters", companions of Artemis and daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione.
  2. An open cluster of hot blue stars in the constellation Taurus, and the most easily visible such cluster from Earth.