Citations:irides

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Noun (plural): contractile membrane of the eye

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• 1843, The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

  In colour the irides are straw-yellow, the pupils black; forehead, nape, and back, very dark bluish-black; [...]

• 1904, William Henry Hudson, Green Mansions, Chapter XI

  […] the soft red of her irides shone like fire, her delicate skin seemed to glow with an intense rose-colour, and her frame trembled with her agitation, […]

• 1989, Robert S Ridgely, The Birds of South America [1]

  As in the caciques, bills are sharply pointed and pale, while irides are usually pale blue.

• 2001, John V Forrester et al., The Eye [2]

  Later in life brown irides are the result of heavily pigmented melanocytes within the stroma.