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    PLEIADES

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A star cluster in the constellation Taurusplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

    Instance hypernyms:

    bunch; clump; cluster; clustering (a grouping of a number of similar things)

    Meronyms (members of "Pleiades"):

    Asterope; Sterope (one of the stars in the star cluster Pleiades)

    Holonyms ("Pleiades" is a member of...):

    Taurus (a zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere near Orion; between Aries and Gemini)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orionplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("Pleiades" is a kind of...):

    nymph ((classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden)

    Meronyms (members of "Pleiades"):

    Asterope; Sterope ((Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades)

    Domain category:

    Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

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