MOTHER-OF-PEARL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell

Synonyms:

mother-of-pearl; nacre

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("mother-of-pearl" is a kind of...):

shell (the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals)

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