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nacreous
Part of speech: Adjective Usage examples "nacreous":- Here you can often see the lambi crawling about with its nacreous house upon its back: an enormous sea- snail with a yellowish back and rose- colored belly, with big horns and eyes in the tip of each horn- very pretty yes, having a golden iris. - "Two Years in the French West Indies", Lafcadio Hearn.
- He took from the sack a wondrous thing, luminous with nacreous hues. - "The Flying Legion", George Allan England.
- Nacreous, iridescent, mottled, checked. - "Sword Blades and Poppy Seed", Amy Lowell.