Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun magellanic_cloud

1 sense of magellanic cloud

Sense 1
Magellanic Cloud -- (either of two small galaxies orbiting the Milky Way; visible near the south celestial pole)
       INSTANCE OF=> galaxy, extragalactic nebula -- ((astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust; "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'")