Magellanic Cloud

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Etymology

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Named after Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan.

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Magellanic Cloud (plural Magellanic Clouds)

  1. (astronomy) Either of two irregular galaxies that are close companions of our Milky Way galaxy.

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