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Noun: Large Magellanic Cloud
  1. The larger of two irregular dwarf galaxies visible as cloudy patches from the Southern Hemisphere, located about 160,000 light-years from Earth
    "The Large Magellanic Cloud is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way"

Type of: Magellanic Cloud, Magellanic Clouds

Encyclopedia: Large Magellanic Cloud