Pleiades
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Ple·ia·des | \ ˈplē-ə-ˌdēz 
, ˈplā-, chiefly British ˈplī- \
, ˈplā-, chiefly British ˈplī- \Definition of Pleiades
1 : the seven daughters of Atlas turned into a group of stars in Greek mythology
2 : a conspicuous cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus that includes six stars in the form of a very small dipper
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