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mother-of-pearl - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'mother-of-pearl' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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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