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Alcyone

[al-sahy-uh-nee]

noun

a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.

Also, Halcyon, Halcyone. Classical Mythology. a daughter of Aeolus who, with her husband, Ceyx, was transformed into a kingfisher.

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Alcyone¹ (ælˈsaɪənɪ)

—n
	See also Ceyx Also called: Halcyone the daughter of Aeolus and wife of Ceyx, who drowned herself in grief for her husband's death. She was transformed into a kingfisher

Alcyone² (ælˈsaɪənɪ)

—n
	the brightest star system in the Pleiades, located in the constellation Taurus

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