"protogalaxy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: protogalaxy [singular], protogalaxies [plural]
Etymology: proto- + galaxy Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|proto|galaxy}} proto- + galaxy Head templates: {{noun|2=protogalaxies}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A protogalaxy is gas and dust in outer space that will change into a galaxy.
    Sense id: simple-protogalaxy-en-noun-Fx-Jk8Do
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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