the seven daughters of Atlas, placed as stars in the sky either to save them from the pursuit of Orion or, in another account, after they had killed themselves for grief over the death of their half-sisters the Hyades
Pleiades in British English2
(ˈplaɪəˌdiːz)
plural noun
a young conspicuous open star cluster approximately 370 light years away in the constellation Taurus, containing several thousand stars only six or seven of which are visible to the naked eye
thethe seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione, placed by Zeus among the stars
2. [often with sing. v.]
thea cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus, including six bright stars: a seventh bright star (the Lost Pleiad) has apparently faded from sight since the original sightings
Word origin
ME Pliades < L Pleiades < Gr
Examples of 'Pleiades' in a sentence
Pleiades
Carried along with the grand revolution of the sky, the Pleiades were moving towards the West.