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From Latin Pleiades, from Ancient Greek Πλειάδες (Pleiádes). In the astronomical sense, displaced Old English seofonstierre (literally “the seven stars”).

Pleiades pl

Pleiades star cluster

  1. (Greek mythology) The "seven sisters", companions of Artemis and daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione.
  2. (astronomy) An open cluster of hot blue stars in the constellation Taurus, and the most easily visible such cluster from Earth.

Greek mythology

astronomy

Plēiadēs

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of Plēias