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What is the noun for galaxies?

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galaxy
  1. (now rare) The Milky Way; the apparent band of concentrated stars which appears in the night sky over earth. [from 14th c.]
  2. (astronomy) Any of the collections of many millions or billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe. [from 19th c.]
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  4. Examples:
    1. “There are a hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone, and there are billions of other galaxies.”
      “Music fans flocked to hear a galaxy of international stars at a festival of global music and dance.”
      “It's a galaxy away from the haphazard impulsiveness of the past year.”
galactography
  1. (science fiction) The science of charting and mapping galaxies.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Cases are selected for galactography essentially on the basis of the type of nipple discharge.”
      “Well, one knows that. I mean, one studies galactography and gets to recognize the stars with inhabited planets in the sky at night.”
      “Preoperative galactography increases the diagnostic yield of major duct excision for nipple discharge.”
galactogram
  1. A diagnostic image produced by galactography.
galactography
  1. (medicine) An type of x-ray examination used to evaluate breast fluid.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Cases are selected for galactography essentially on the basis of the type of nipple discharge.”
      “Well, one knows that. I mean, one studies galactography and gets to recognize the stars with inhabited planets in the sky at night.”
      “Preoperative galactography increases the diagnostic yield of major duct excision for nipple discharge.”
galactographer
  1. (science fiction) A specialist in galactography.
galactographers
  1. plural of galactographer
galactographies
  1. plural of galactography
galactograms
  1. plural of galactogram
galaxies
  1. plural of galaxy
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “But of course it has structures in it, stars and galaxies and clusters of galaxies.”
      “The resulting theory would be able to describe the behavior of the universe, from quarks and atoms to entire galaxies.”
      “There are a hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone, and there are billions of other galaxies.”
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