Usually means: Rotating galaxy with spiral arms.
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  1. spiral nebula: Merriam-Webster
  2. spiral nebula: Vocabulary.com
  3. spiral nebula: Wiktionary
  4. spiral nebula: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. spiral nebula: Dictionary.com
  6. Spiral nebula: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. spiral nebula: Rhymezone
  8. spiral nebula: FreeDictionary.org
  9. spiral nebula: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. spiral nebula: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. spiral nebula: Encyclopedia

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  1. Spiral Nebula: Extragalactic Astronomy

Definitions from Wiktionary (spiral nebula)

noun:  (astronomy) a spiral-shaped nebula
noun:  (astronomy, obsolete) a spiral-shaped white nebula; these were generally determined to be spiral galaxies in the 20th century

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