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noun (used with a plural verb)
1.
Astronomy. 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.
2.
Classical Mythology. a group of nymphs and sisters of the Pleiades who nurtured the infant Dionysus and were placed among the stars as a reward.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English Hiades < Latin < Greek, equivalent to hý(ein) to rain + -ades, plural of -as -ad
1350–1400; Middle English Hiades < Latin < Greek, equivalent to hý(ein) to rain + -ades, plural of -as -ad
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Hyades
is always a great word to know.
So is red giant. Does it mean:
| the fainter of the two stars that constitute a double or binary star |
| a star in an intermediate stage of evolution, characterized by a large volume, low surface temperature, and reddish hue |
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| Hyades or Hyads1 (ˈhaɪəˌdiːz, ˈhaɪædz) | |
| —pl n | |
| Compare Pleiades an open cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus | |
| [C16: via Latin from Greek huades, perhaps from huein to rain] | |
| Hyads or Hyads1 | |
| —pl n | |
| [C16: via Latin from Greek huades, perhaps from huein to rain] | |
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Hyades
star cluster in constellation Taurus, late 14c., from Gk. Hyades, popularly explained as "rain-bringers" (from hyein "to rain"), because wet weather supposedly began coincidentally with their heliacal rising, but in fact probably from hys "swine" (the L. word for them was Suculæ "little pigs").
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