nacreous

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It is a non-nacreous natural blister pearl found inside the giant clam Tridacna Gigas off the waters of the Philippines.

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  1. Consisting of, resembling, or pertaining to nacre or mother-of-pearl: as, a nacreous luster; a nacreous layer.
  2. Producing or possessing nacre, as shells which have a certain luster or lustrous layer on their inner surface.
  3. In bacteriology, applied to colonies which are of a translucent, grayish-white color with a pearly luster.
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  • Some said nacreous, but they were wrong; it was pearly. —  The Dastard
  • A similar, mysterious abundance of nacreous clouds occurred in January 2008; it could be happening again. —  My[confined]Space
  • It is a non-nacreous natural blister pearl found inside the giant clam Tridacna Gigas off the waters of the Philippines. —  Luxist
  • Each sculpture is made up of thousands of corsage pins stuck through the cap's frame, forming dense, nacreous patterns on the work's exterior surface-a sharp contrast to the bonnet's interior, which is filled with the needles 'pointed ends, like a maw of tiny swords. —  artforum.com
  • The ancient irregularities should be studied from specimens Scarabs with nacreous or decomposed glaze in the hollows (as in the deep cuts at the side) are safe; also, if there are natural cracks by age, which would prevent modern cutting. —  How to Observe in Archaeology
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