01 n. Any one of the spaces in the Milky Way which are very black, owing to the nearly complete absence of stars; esp., the large space near the …
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Any one of the spaces in the Milky Way which are very black, owing to the nearly complete absence of stars; esp., the large space near the Southern Cross sometimes called the Black Magellanic Cloud.(Astron.) Also: Black Magellanic Cloud