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pleiades

Ple.ia.des \'ple--*-.de-z, chiefly Brit 'pli--\ n [L, fr. Gk] pl  1: the 
   seven daughters of Atlas transformed according to Greek mythology in to a 
   group of stars 2: a conspicuous loose cluster of stars in the constellation 
   Taurus consist ing of six stars visible to the average eye