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Definition of: Alcyone
(al·sī′ə·nē)
1. In Greek mythology: a The daughter of Aeolus who, mourning her husband Ceyx, cast herself into the sea and was changed into a kingfisher: also Halcyone. b One of the Pleiades.
2. Astron. The brightest star in the Pleiades.
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