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Coalsack

or Coal Sack

[ kohl-sak ]

noun

, Astronomy.
  1. a dark nebula in the southern constellation Crux, whose dust particles obscure light from Milky Way stars behind it.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Coalsack1

First recorded in 1625–35; coal + sack 1

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