Hyades Definition

hīə-dēz
noun
Daughters of Atlas, placed in the sky by Zeus: as stars they were thought to be bringers of rain.
Webster's New World
An open cluster of more than 200 stars in the constellation Taurus, whose five brightest members form a V near Aldebaran.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • willi
  • vila
  • Atlantides
pronoun

(Greek mythology) Daughters of the Titan Atlas and sisters of the Pleiades.

Wiktionary

(astronomy) An open cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus, and the nearest visible such cluster to Earth.

Wiktionary

Origin of Hyades

  • Latin from Greek Huades probably from hūs pig sū- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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