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PLEIADES

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A star cluster in the constellation Taurus

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 Orion

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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