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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.
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
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