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Pleiades.

The "seven sisters", companions of Artemis and daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈplaɪ.əˌdiːz/UK/ˈpliː.əˌdiz/US/ˈpleɪ.əˌdiz/US/ˈplaɪ.əˌdiz/US
  1. The "seven sisters", companions of Artemis and daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione.

    Greek · plural · plural-only
  2. An open cluster of hot blue stars in the constellation Taurus, and the most easily visible such cluster from Earth.

    plural · plural-only
Where this word comes from

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

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