Usually means: Massive, hot stars shedding mass.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. Wolf-Rayet star, Wolf-Rayet star: Merriam-Webster
  2. Wolf-Rayet star, Wolf-Rayet star: Collins English Dictionary
  3. wolf-rayet star: Wordnik
  4. Wolf-Rayet star: Wiktionary
  5. Wolf-Rayet star: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. wolf-rayet star: Dictionary.com
  7. Wolf-Rayet star: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Wolf-Rayet star: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Wolf-Rayet star: Encyclopedia

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Wolf-Rayet Star: Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
  2. Wolf-Rayet Star: Extragalactic Astronomy

Definitions from Wiktionary (Wolf-Rayet star)

noun:  (astronomy) Any of a class of young, very hot stars that have a very strong stellar wind and consequent broad, strong emission lines.

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