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Pleiades
sing. Pleiad
- Pleiades, theGr. Myth. the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione, placed by Zeus among the stars
- a cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus, including six bright stars: a seventh bright star (the ) has apparently faded from sight since the original sightings
See Pleiades in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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