Usually means: Stars in the Pleiades cluster.
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  1. Alcyones: Merriam-Webster
  2. alcyones: Wordnik
  3. Alcyones: Dictionary.com
  4. Alcyones: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. alcyones: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Alcyones: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. alcyones: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Alcyones: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. Alcyones: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Alcyone)

noun:  (Greek mythology) One of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione.
noun:  (Greek mythology) Daughter of Aeolus and wife of Ceyx.
noun:  (astronomy) One of the stars of the Pleiades star cluster, named after the mythical character.
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