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1. (n.pl.) Hyades
a large cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to herald rain when they rose with the sun.
2. Hyades
(in Greek myth) a group of nymphs and sisters of the Pleiades who nurtured the infant Dionysus and were placed among the stars as a reward.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L < Gk, =hý(ein) to rain +-ades, pl. of -as -ad1)
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1. (noun) Hyades
(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
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1. hyades
alt. of Hyads
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