pleiades

«pleiades» in Mova's school dictionary: a bright cluster of stars in the night sky, in the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

proper noun (the Pleiades — plural)

meaning for a pupil

1) The Pleiades is a bright cluster of stars in the night sky, in the constellation Taurus, also called the Seven Sisters; in Japan it is called Subaru, and in New Zealand Māori call it Matariki. tree →

2) In Greek myths, the Pleiades were seven sisters, daughters of Atlas, who were turned into stars. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons on space, the Pleiades is a star cluster you can see without a telescope in winter (in the north); people with good eyes count six or seven stars. In New Zealand, Matariki (the rising of the Pleiades in midwinter) marks the Māori New Year and is a public holiday. The cluster is mentioned in the Bible (Book of Job).

examples

• We saw the Pleiades on a clear winter night. tree →
• The Pleiades look like a tiny group of stars. tree →
• The Pleiades are also called the Seven Sisters. tree →
• In New Zealand, Matariki is the Māori name for the Pleiades. tree →
• The Subaru car logo shows the Pleiades. tree →
• In the Greek myth, the Pleiades were seven sisters. tree →
• With binoculars you can see dozens of stars in the Pleiades. tree →

note

A proper name: capital P, with «the». Pronounced «PLY-uh-deez». It is a star cluster, not a planet or a constellation by itself.

In the corpora

• In New Zealand the rise of Matariki, the Pleiades, now marks a Māori New Year public holiday.
• Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
• Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pleiades» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.