Australian English Meaning of mother-of-pearl

Mother-of-pearl

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Definitions and Meaning of mother-of-pearl in English

Wordnet

mother-of-pearl (n)

the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell

Webster

mother-of-pearl (n.)

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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Mother-of-pearl

the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shellThe hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, esp. of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone

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motherly => motherly, motherliness => motherliness, motherlike => motherly, motherless => motherless, motherland => motherland,