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    1 year ago

    The word galaxy itself comes from the old Greek word for milk, so all galaxies are named after milk.

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      1 year ago

      Cool. I was trying to figure out if there was a bovine with the root word Andromeda in it. Because there are dromedary animals. But even do that only got me as far as one Galaxy.