Magellanic Cloud

Magellanic Cloud

Astron. either of two irregular galaxies visible to the naked eye in the S constellations Dorado, Mensa, and Tucana: the larger one is the closest external galaxy to the Milky Way and the smaller one is the second closest

Origin of Magellanic Cloud

after F. Magellan

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Noun

(plural Magellanic Clouds)

(astronomy) Either of two irregular galaxies that are close companions of our Milky Way galaxy.

Origin

After Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan.

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