Magellanic Clouds
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Etymology
From having a cloud-like appearance, and having been discovered on Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe, a voyage of discovery during the Age of Exploration. Named after Portugeuese explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
Proper noun
the Magellanic Clouds pl (plural only)
- (astronomy) Collectively, the pair of galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud and Small Magellanic Cloud; also sometimes includes the Magellanic Bridge and Magellanic Stream.
Meronyms
- Large Magellanic Cloud
- Magellanic Bridge
- Magellanic Stream
- Mini Magellanic Cloud
- Small Magellanic Cloud
Holonyms
- Milky Way Subgroup
- Local Group
- Local Supercluster
- Virgo Supercluster
- Laniakea
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Noun
- plural of Magellanic Cloud