Definition of Hyades

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the infant Dionysus and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward.

Category relationships: Greek Mythology
Generic synonyms: Nymph

Definition of Hyades

1. n. pl. A cluster of five stars in the face of the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the coming of rainy weather when they rose with the sun.

Definition of Hyades

1. Proper noun. (Greek god) Daughters of the Titan Atlas and sisters of the Pleiades. ¹

2. Proper noun. (astronomy) An open cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus, and the nearest visible such cluster to Earth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyades

Huygens' ocular
Huygens' principle
Huygens' principle of superposition
Huyghenian
Hwang Ho
Hx
Hyacinth
Hyacinthaceae
Hyacinthian
Hyacinthoides
Hyacinthoides nonscripta
Hyacinthus
Hyacinthus candicans
Hyacinthus orientalis
Hyacinthus orientalis albulus
Hyades (current term)
Hyaena brunnea
Hyaena hyaena
Hyaenidae
Hyalomma
Hyalomma anatolicum
Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum
Hyalomma marginatum
Hyalomma truncatum
Hyalomma variegatum
Hyalophora
Hyalophora cecropia
Hyalospongiae
Hyazyme

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