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Nacreous   Listen
adjective
Nacreous  adj.  (Zool.) Consisting of, or resembling, nacre; pearly.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Nacreous" Quotes from Famous Books



... morning, dawn, though near at hand, had not yet come. His pale-robed heralds were busy, however, diffusing that sort of nacreous haze which in coastal Australia lights the way for each day's coming. Looking out over the pillow of my cot I saw Ted among the trees, girthing the pack-saddle on Jerry. In a very few moments I was beside him, and in five minutes he had started on ...
— The Record of Nicholas Freydon - An Autobiography • A. J. (Alec John) Dawson



Words linked to "Nacreous" :   opalescent, nacre, opaline, bright



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