Pleiad noun. ['plʌɪǝd] Also (in sense 2) pleiad. Pl. -s, -es [-i:z]. LME.
[Latin Pleias, pl. Pleiades from Greek Pleias, pl. Pleiades (each of) the seven mythical daughters of Atlas and Pleione: see -AD¹.]
1. Astronomy. In pl. A cluster of small stars in the constellation Taurus (usu. spoken of as seven, though there are several hundred, of which only six are easily visible to the naked eye). LME.

2. fig. A brilliant cluster or group of (usu. seven) persons or things, esp. a group of poets. Cf. CONSTELLATION 3. E17.

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