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Ple⋅iad

  [plee-uhd, plahy-uhd]
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–noun
1. any of the Pleiades.
2. French, Plé⋅iade  [pley-yad] . a group of seven French poets of the latter half of the 16th century.
3. (usually lowercase) any group of eminent or brilliant persons or things, esp. when seven in number.
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Ple·iad   (plē'əd, -ād', plī'-)   
n.   pl. Ple·ia·des (plē'ə-dēz', plī'-)

  1. One of the Pleiades.

  2. often pleiad A group of seven illustrious persons.


[Back-formation from Pleiades.]
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