See Also: Wolf-Rayet star(dictionary)
wolf(2)(dictionary)
sea wolf(medicine)
wolf(encyclopedia)
wolf(medicine)
Wolf, A(medicine)
wolf(1)(dictionary)
wolf whistle(dictionary)
wolf (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
wolf's-foot(medicine)

waxbill (iou) and Wolf-Rayet star (iou)


waxbill (iou)



waxbill noun. M18.
[from WAX noun1 + BILL noun2.]
Any of numerous small finchlike birds of the African genus Estrilda (family Estrildidae), whose bills have a waxy appearance; spec. (more fully common waxbill) the red-billed E. astrild. Also, a bird of any of several Other genera of this family.
swee waxbill, violet-eared waxbill, yellow-bellied waxbill, etc.

Wolf-Rayet star (iou)



Wolf-Rayet star noun phr. L19.
[from C. J. E. Wolf (1827-1918) + G. A. P. Rayet (1839-1906), French astronomers.]
Astronomy. Any of a class of hot white to blue stars characterized by bright broad spectral lines due to hydrogen, helium, carbon, or nitrogen, believed to be short-lived and unstable.