zodiacal cloud

noun

A cloud of dust, lying in the plane of the ecliptic, that gives rise to the zodiacal light.

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Meanings

nounzodiacal cloud (plural zodiacal clouds)

plural zodiacal clouds

  1. astronomyA cloud of dust, lying in the plane of the ecliptic, that gives rise to the zodiacal light.
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