magellanic cloud

English Thesaurus

1. either of two small galaxies orbiting the Milky Way; visible near the south celestial pole (noun.object)

hyponym	:	large magellanic cloud,
definition	:	the larger of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere (noun.object)

hyponym	:	small magellanic cloud,
definition	:	the smaller of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere (noun.object)

instance hypernym	:	extragalactic nebula, galaxy,
definition	:	(astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust (noun.group)