nacreous
IPA: nækriʌs
adjective
- Of, or resembling nacre (mother of pearl).
- Exhibiting lustrous or rainbow-like colors.
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Examples of "nacreous" in Sentences
- The image does not clearly show a nacreous aperture.
- The shell is relatively soft, and lacks a nacreous layer.
- Celestials with nacreous scales are known but rarely seen.
- Its interior is nacreous and white or yellowish in colour.
- This nacreous coloration of usually extends over the fins.
- Scalation may either be metallic, nacreous calico or matte.
- This is known as the nacreous layer, nacre, or mother of pearl .
- The treated particles are thus suitable for use as nacreous pigments.
- The pearl may have nacreous parts, or the pearl may or may not be nacreous.
- Their shells lack a nacreous layer, and the gills are lamellibranch in form.
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