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Answer for the clue "One of the stars in the star cluster Pleiades ", 8 letters:
asterope

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Asterope can refer to: In Greek mythology: Asterope (Hesperide) , a Hesperide Sterope (Pleiad) , one of the Pleiades Asterope (star) , one of the stars in the Pleiades cluster, named for the mythical figure Hesperia, the wife or desired lover of Aesacus ...

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Asterope \As*ter"o*pe\, n. [Gr. ?, lit., lightning.] (Myth.) One of the Pleiades; -- called also Sterope . (Astron.) A double star in the Pleiades (21 k and 22 l Pleiadum, of the 5.8 and 6.4 magnitude respectively), appearing as a single star of the 5.3 ...