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What (who) is opalescent$55207$ - definition
SPECIES OF INSECT
Buru Opalescent Birdwing; Buru opalescent birdwing
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![Rough sample of precious opal, showing [[iridescence]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Opal-53714.jpg?width=200 "Rough sample of precious opal, showing [[iridescence]]")
![[[Tyndall effect]] in opalescent glass: it appears blue from the side, but orange light shines through.<ref name="Cause of Color Red and Blue">Douma, M., curator. (2008). Blue and Red. In Cause of Color. Retrieved 2005 from http://www.webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/14B.html</ref>](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Why is the sky blue.jpg?width=200 "[[Tyndall effect]] in opalescent glass: it appears blue from the side, but orange light shines through.<ref name=\"Cause of Color Red and Blue\">Douma, M., curator. (2008). Blue and Red. In Cause of Color. Retrieved 2005 from http://www.webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/14B.html</ref>")
OPTICAL IRIDESCENCE PHENOMENA CHARACTERISTIC OF THE OPAL GEMSTONE
Opalescent; Play of color
a.
Iridescent, irisated, polychromatic, nacreous.
opalescent
OPTICAL IRIDESCENCE PHENOMENA CHARACTERISTIC OF THE OPAL GEMSTONE
Opalescent; Play of color
Opalescent means colourless or white like an opal, or changing colour like an opal. (LITERARY)
Elaine turned her opalescent eyes on him.
...a sky which was still faintly opalescent.
ADJ
• opalescence
The sunset was making great splashes of fiery opalescence across the sky.
N-UNCOUNT
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OPTICAL IRIDESCENCE PHENOMENA CHARACTERISTIC OF THE OPAL GEMSTONE
Opalescent; Play of color
¦ adjective showing many small points of shifting colour against a pale or dark ground.
Derivatives
opalescence noun
Wikipedia
Troides prattorum
Troides prattorum, the Buru Opalescent Birdwing, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Buru in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia.
It is commercially bred, but supplies of this butterfly are sporadic, so it is still very rare in collections.
