dwarf galaxy

English

Noun

dwarf galaxy (plural dwarf galaxies)

  1. (astronomy) Any galaxy, considerably smaller than the Milky Way, that has only several billions of stars.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

  • giant galaxy

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