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{{trans-top|the hard pearly inner layer of certain mollusk shells}}
{{trans-top|the hard pearly inner layer of certain mollusk shells}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|عرق اللؤلؤ|m|tr=3arq al-lu'lú'|sc=Arab}}
* Chinese:
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|zh|珍珠母|tr=zhēnzhūmǔ|sc=Hani}}, {{t|zh|珧|tr=yáo|sc=Hani}}
*: Mandarin: {{t|zh|珍珠母|tr=zhēnzhūmǔ|sc=Hani}}, {{t|zh|珧|tr=yáo|sc=Hani}}
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* Greek: {{t|el|φίλντισι|n|tr=fílntisi}}
* Greek: {{t|el|φίλντισι|n|tr=fílntisi}}
* Icelandic: {{t-|is|perlumóðir|f}}
* Icelandic: {{t-|is|perlumóðir|f}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|真珠層|tr=しんじゅそう, shinjusō|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|真珠母|tr=しんじゅぼ, shinjubo|sc=Jpan}}
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* Japanese: {{t|ja|真珠層|tr=しんじゅそう, shinjusō|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|真珠母|tr=しんじゅぼ, shinjubo|sc=Jpan}}
* [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|седеф|m|tr=sédef}}
* [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|седеф|m|tr=sédef}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|perlemor|n}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|perlemor|n}}

Revision as of 01:42, 28 July 2010

English

Adjective

mother-of-pearl (not comparable)

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

Noun

mother-of-pearl (uncountable)

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

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