1. (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

Type of: nymph

Encyclopedia: Hyades

• addressed
• addressee
• addressing machine
• Addressograph
• adduce
• adducent
• adducer
• adducing
• adduct
• adducting
• adduction
• adductive
• adductor
• adductor muscle
• ade
• Adelaide
• Adelges
• Adelges abietis
• Adelges piceae
• adelgid
• Adelgidae
• Adelie
• Adelie Coast
• Adelie Land
• Adelie penguin