supergalaxy

supergalaxy
supergalactic /sooh'peuhr geuh lak"tik/, adj.
/sooh"peuhr gal'euhk see/, n., pl. supergalaxies. Astron.
a system of galaxies.
[1925-30; SUPER- + GALAXY]

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