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n. - One of the stars in the star cluster Pleiades; (Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades.

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  • Megan, this is Asterope Green, he said, in an oddly graceless manner.
  • I have named them the seven sisters of the Pleiades: Halcyone, Taygete, Asterope, Celæno, Electra, Maia, and Merope.
  • Niklas Wahrman has released Asterope, a space-based action game for the iPhone and iPod touch.
  • Electra; but it includes as well Celœno and Taygeta, and is traceable southward from Asterope over an arc of 1° 10´ ....
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