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English noun: Pleiades

1. Pleiades (person) (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion


Broader (hypernym)nymph


Member holonymAsterope, Sterope


Domain categoryGreek mythology

2. Pleiades (object) a star cluster in the constellation Taurus


Instance hypernymbunch, clump, cluster, clustering


Member holonymAsterope, Sterope


Member meronymTaurus









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