large magellanic cloud

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   the larger of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere

   BroaderMagellanic Cloud

Questions about large magellanic cloud

What does large magellanic cloud mean?

large magellanic cloud means "the larger of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere".

Is large magellanic cloud a common word?

large magellanic cloud is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.