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dwarf_spheroidal

dwarf spheroidal

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Noun

dwarf spheroidal (plural dwarf spheroidals)

  1. (astronomy) A dwarf spheroidal galaxy
    • 1994 Beam Line: Fall 1997
      Slightly larger dwarf spheroidals are known to be the single most common kind of galaxy in rich clusters like that seen past the constellation Virgo.