MAGELLANIC CLOUD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two small galaxies orbiting the Milky Way; visible near the south celestial pole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

extragalactic nebula; galaxy ((astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Magellanic Cloud"):

Large Magellanic Cloud (the larger of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere)

Small Magellanic Cloud (the smaller of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere)

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