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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ATLANTIDES

n.A name given to the Pleiades or seven stars, which were feigned to be the daughters of Atlas, a king of Mauritania, or of his brother, Hesperus, who were translated to heaven.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ATLANTIDES

At *lan "ti *des, n. pl. Etym: [L. See Atlantes. ]

 

Defn: The Pleiades or seven stars, fabled to have been the daughters of Atlas.