ALL meanings of hyades
Hy·a·des
H h - noun hyades Astronomy. a group of stars comprising a moving cluster in the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the approach of rain when they rose with the sun. 1
- noun hyades Classical Mythology. a group of nymphs and sisters of the Pleiades who nurtured the infant Dionysus and were placed among the stars as a reward. 1
- noun plural hyades an open cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus 0
- noun plural hyades seven nymphs, daughters of Atlas, whom Zeus placed among the stars after death 0
- noun plural hyades daughters of Atlas, placed in the sky by Zeus: as stars they were thought to be bringers of rain 0
- noun plural hyades an open cluster of more than 200 stars in the constellation Taurus, whose five brightest members form a V near Aldebaran 0