pleiades

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noun (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion
noun a star cluster in the constellation Taurus

The Romans called the Pleiades Vergiliae. — The Anabasis of Alexander : $b or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the Great, Arrian
Sakarra, a Dyak god, residing in the Pleiades. — The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido: For the Suppression of Piracy, Henry, Sir Keppel
The Pleiades, that Orion Fired at the Bull 134 53. — Woodland Tales, Ernest Thompson Seton

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