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elephant trunk
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Noun
elephant trunk (plural elephant trunks)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see elephant, trunk.
- (astronomy) An extended pillar-like mass of interstellar gas and dust found near a massive star.
- 2012, Charles J. Lada, N.D. Kylafis, The Physics of Star Formation and Early Stellar Evolution, page 314:
- However, the behaviour of the molecular emission in elephant trunks and cometary globules clearly indicated the presence of neighbouring massive stars […]
Synonyms
- Elephant's Trunk Nebula
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