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MAGELLANIC CLOUDS (named after See also:

Ferdinand See also:
MAGELLAN, FERDINAND (in Sp. FERNANDO MAGALLANES, in Port. FERNAO DE MAGALHAES) (c. 1480-152I)
Magellan) , two See also:

CLOUD (from the same root, if not the same word, as " clod," a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages for a mass or lump; it is first applied in the usual sense in the late 13th century; the Anglo-Saxon chid is only used in the sense of " a ma

cloud-like condensations of stars in the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

CONSTELLATION (from the Lat. constellatus, studded with stars; co'n, with, and Stella, a star)

constellation of See also:

MENSA

Mensa about 69° S. Dec. and between 5° and 5° 4o' of R. A. They are remarkable in the resemblance of their stars as regards spectra and See also:

PHYSICAL

physical constitution to the stars of the Milky Way, though entirely detached from that See also:

OBJECT

object.

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