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1. (n.) mother-of-pearl
a hard, iridescent substance that forms the inner layer of certain mollusk shells, used for making buttons, beads, etc.
Etymology: (1500–10; cf. It madreperla, obs. F mère perle)
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1. (noun) mother-of-pearl, nacre
the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell
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1. (noun) Mother-of-pearl
the hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, esp. of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. See Pearl
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Sense: (of) the shining, hard, smooth substance on the inside of certain shells.
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 Afrikaans: perlemoer |
 Arabic: عِرْق لؤلُؤ، أم اللآلِئ |
 Bulgarian: седеф |
 Brazilian: madrepérola |
 Czech: perleť(ový) |
 German: das Perlmutt |
 Danish: perlemor |
 Greek: φίλντισι |
 Spanish: madreperla, nácar |
 Estonian: pärlmutter(-) |
 Farsi: صدف مرواريد |
 Finnish: helmiäinen |
 French: (de) nacre |
 Hebrew: אֵם הַפּנִינָה |
 Hindi: मुक्ता सीप |
 Croatian: sedef |
 Hungarian: gyöngyház |
 Indonesian: indung mutiara |
 Icelandic: perlumóðir |
 Italian: madreperla; di madreperla |
 Japanese: 真珠層 (の) |
 Korean: 진주모의 |
 Lithuanian: perlamutras; perlamutrini |
 Latvian: perlamutrs |
 Malay: gewang |
 Dutch: paarlemoer |
 Norwegian: perlemor |
 Polish: macica perłowa |
 Persian: صدف مرواريد |
 Pashto: مرواريد |
 Portuguese: madrepérola |
 Russian: перламутр |
 Slovak: perleť; perleťový |
 Slovenian: biserovina |
 Serbian: sedef |
 Swedish: pärlemor |
 Thai: หอยมุก |
 Turkish: sedef |
 Taiwanese: 珠母貝，珠母貝的 |
 Ukrainian: перламутровий |
 Urdu: سیپ |
 Vietnamese: trai dùng để khảm |
 Chinese: 珍珠母 |
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