shell star

American  

noun

Astronomy.

1. a type of star showing bright emission lines superimposed on its normal absorption spectrum, presumably caused by a gaseous shell around the star.

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shell star British  

noun

1. astronomy a type of star, usually of spectral type B to F, surrounded by a gaseous shell

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Example Sentences

At the end of the Patrick Henry Middle School presentation last November, Joan-Kristen rushed up to Ashkenazi to ask him questions about the violin he played and get a closer look at the abalone shell Star of David inlaid on its back.

From Los Angeles Times

So when Paramount reportedly used CGI to make Ghost in the Shell star Scarlett Johansson “look more Asian”, Wu compared it to “the practice of blackface”.

From The Guardian

A T-shirt emblazoned with the names of “Ghost in the Shell” star Scarlett Johansson, “Aloha’s” Emma Stone,” “Doctor Strange’s” Tilda Swinton, and “The Great Wall’s” Matt Damon went viral over the weekend when a photo of it modeled by actress Michele Selene Ang, one of the stars of Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why,” blew up on Twitter.

From Los Angeles Times

"Star shell, star shell," my French companion called excitedly.

From Project Gutenberg

And at that second, simultaneously, came the flare of a shell star and a shout of a man struck down, and I knew the voice—John Dudley.

From Project Gutenberg