01 n. pl. The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky.
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The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky.(Myth.)
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A group of small stars in the neck of the constellation Taurus; -- called also the seven sisters.(Astron.) Also: the seven sisters