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Complete Definition of "mother-of-pearl"

English

Adjective
en-adj|-

  1. Made from or looking like mother-of-pearl; iridescent or pearly.

Noun
en-noun|-

  1. The hard pearly inner layer of certain mollusk shells; nacre.

Translations
French: nacre f
Icelandic: perlumóðir f
Spanish: nácar m
Serbian: bisernica

See also
(noun) pearl

References
R:American Heritage 2000|mother-of-pearl
R:Dictionary.com|mother-of-pearl
R:CancerWEB|mother-of-pearl
R:WordNet 2003|mother-of-pearl

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