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alcyone

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Al⋅cy⋅o⋅ne

  [al-sahy-uh-nee]
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–noun
1. a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.
2. Also, Halcyon, Halcyone. Classical Mythology. a daughter of Aeolus who, with her husband, Ceyx, was transformed into a kingfisher.
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Al·cy·o·ne   (āl-sī'ə-nē)   
n.  

  1. Greek Mythology The daughter of Aeolus who, in grief over the death of her husband Ceyx, threw herself into the sea and was changed into a kingfisher.

  2. Greek Mythology A nymph, one of the Pleiades.

  3. Astronomy The brightest star in the Pleiades, in the constellation Taurus.


[Latin, from Greek Alkuonē, from alkuōn, kingfisher.]
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