Pleiades

Noun1.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
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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