coalsack

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Etymology

From coal +‎ sack.

Noun

coalsack (plural coalsacks)

  1. A sack for carrying coal.
  2. (astronomy) Any of the spaces in the Milky Way which are very black, owing to the nearly complete absence of stars.

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