Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Magellanic
Mag′el·lan′ic (măj′ĕl·lăn′ĭk; 277), a. Of or pertaining to, or named from, Magellan, the navigator.
Magellenic clouds (Astron.), three conspicuous nebulæ near the south pole, resembling thin white clouds.