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US
/ˈpɫiəˌdiz/
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NOUN
- (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion
- a star cluster in the constellation Taurus
How To Use Pleiades In A Sentence
- The Pleiades are mentioned in Chinese annals in 2357 B.C. A Field Book of the Stars
- Pleiades, in the penultimate antelucan hour, shod in sandals of bright gold, coifed with a veil of what do you call it gossamer. Ulysses
- Indeed all the region about the Pleiades, for an area of ten square degrees, is involved in streaky nebulosity. Photographing the Sky
- There's another reason why you might not spot the Pleiades cluster.
- This digitally fused panorama was captured earlier this month from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, and includes the Pleiades open cluster of stars just to the upper right of the Moon.
- The star cluster of the Pleiades is located at 28 degrees Taurus.
- Alcyone, the brightest star of the Pleiades, is many times bigger than our sun. Photographing the Sky
- If I find out that someone used to call themself Christian but dropped their faith because they originally believed that God was a purely anthropomorphic individual residing in the Pleiades star system and have since come to believe that the Pleiades is uninhabited, I'm not committing a fallacy by questioning whether they truly had a handle on Christianity. Blind Faith?
- The cup-boy is a sun rising from the dark underworld symbolised by his collar; his cheek-mole is a crumb of ambergris, his nose is a scymitar grided at the curve; his lower lip is a jujube; his teeth are the Pleiades or hailstones; his browlocks are scorpions; his young hair on the upper lip is an emerald; his side beard is a swarm of ants or a Lám The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- Greek mythology a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation.