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elephant trunk

noun

Definitions

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see elephant, trunk.

  2. An extended pillar-like mass of interstellar gas and dust found near a massive star.

    • However, the behaviour of the molecular emission in elephant trunks and cometary globules clearly indicated the presence of neighbouring massive stars […]

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