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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. (Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades;
[syn: Sterope, Asterope]

2. one of the stars in the star cluster Pleiades;
[syn: Sterope, Asterope]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Asterope \As*ter"o*pe\, n. [Gr. ?, lit., lightning.] 1. (Myth.) One of the Pleiades; -- called also Sterope. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. (Astron.) A double star in the Pleiades (21 k and 22 l Pleiadum, of the 5.8 and 6.4 magnitude respectively), appearing as a single star of the 5.3 magnitude to the naked eye. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Asterope n 1: (Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades [syn: Sterope, Asterope] 2: one of the stars in the star cluster Pleiades [syn: Sterope, Asterope]