flocculent spiral galaxy
English
Noun
flocculent spiral galaxy (plural flocculent spiral galaxies)
- (astronomy) a spiral galaxy with discontinuous spiral arms
Synonyms
- flocculent spiral, flocculent galaxy, flocculent
Antonyms
- grand design spiral galaxy
Hyponyms
- multi-arm spiral galaxy
Related terms
- spiral galaxy
- barred spiral galaxy
- intermediate spiral galaxy
- unbarred spiral galaxy
- Magellanic spiral galaxy
- grand design spiral galaxy
- multi-arm spiral galaxy
- galaxy
See also
- lenticular galaxy