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English noun: extragalactic nebula | |||
| 1. | extragalactic nebula (group) (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust | ||
| Samples | `extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'. | ||
| Synonyms | galaxy | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Great Attractor, Milky Way, Milky Way Galaxy, Milky Way System, spiral galaxy, spiral nebula | ||
| Instance hyponym | Magellanic Cloud | ||
| Member holonym | star | ||
| Member meronym | cosmos, creation, existence, macrocosm, universe, world | ||
| Substance holonym | cosmic dust | ||
| Domain category | astronomy, uranology | ||
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