Magellanic Cloud Definition

noun
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.
Webster's New World

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Magellanic Cloud

Origin of Magellanic Cloud

  • After Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan.

    From Wiktionary

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