Meaning Of The Word Hyades
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Hyades in American English
a group of stars comprising a moving cluster in the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the approach of rain when they rose with the sun daughters of Atlas, placed in the sky by Zeus: as stars they were thought to be bringers of rain Hyades in British English 1 plural noun: an open cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus Hyades in British English 2 plural noun: seven nymphs, daughters of Atlas, whom Zeus placed among the stars after death |
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