= mother-of-pearl, n. 2. (In quot. 1593 figurative.)
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| 释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > bivalves > that produces mother of pearl (6) mother pearl1593 = mother-of-pearl, n. 2. (In quot. 1593 figurative.) nacre1598 A pen shell or other shellfish yielding mother-of-pearl. Obsolete. mother-of-pearl1601 A shellfish yielding mother-of-pearl. Cf. nacre, n. 1. Also mother-of-pearl shell, mother-of-pearl oyster. Subcategories:— mother of pearl (3) |
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