alcyone








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.

noun Greek myth

  1. 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 kingfisherSee also Ceyx

noun

  1. the brightest star system in the Pleiades, located in the constellation Taurus
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