HYADES


Meaning of HYADES in English

n.pl. a group of stars in Taurus near the Pleiades, whose heliacal rising was once thought to foretell rain. [ME f. Gk Huades (by popular etym. f. huo rain, but perh. f. hus pig)]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.