Magellanic Cloud
Astronomy
noun
Either of two small galaxies associated with the Milky Way and visible at night in the southern hemisphere as cloudy spots; more fully Large Magellanic Cloud, Small Magellanic Cloud; Black Magellanic Cloud: see black noun.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.
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