flocculent spiral galaxy

English

Noun

flocculent spiral galaxy (plural flocculent spiral galaxies)

  1. (astronomy) a spiral galaxy with discontinuous spiral arms
    Synonyms: flocculent, flocculent galaxy, flocculent spiral
    Antonym: grand design spiral galaxy
    Hypernym: spiral galaxy
    Hyponym: multi-arm spiral galaxy
  • barred spiral galaxy
  • grand design spiral galaxy
  • intermediate spiral galaxy
  • Magellanic spiral galaxy
  • unbarred spiral galaxy

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