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Hyades definition

Hya·des (hī′ə dēz′)

plural noun

  1. Gr. Myth. daughters of Atlas, placed in the sky by Zeus: as stars they were thought to be bringers of rain
  2. Astron. an open cluster of more than 200 stars in the constellation Taurus, whose five brightest members form a near Aldebaran

Etymology: L Hyades < Gr

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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