# Mini Magellanic Cloud

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A galaxy, a dwarf galaxy that is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way Galaxy, and a member of the Magellanic Clouds, in the Mily Way Subgroup of the Local Group of Galaxies; lying directly behind the Small Magellanic Cloud, as seen from Earth.

## Etymology
mini- + Magellanic Clouds. From being a Magellanic Cloud that is smaller than the Small Magellanic Cloud.

## Source
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