magellanicus

Latin

Etymology

Latinized name of the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan (1470–1521) + -icus

Adjective

magellanicus (feminine magellanica, neuter magellanicum); first/second declension

  1. (New Latin) Discovered in or native to the area around the Straits of Magellan; Magellanic.
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