Qué (quién) es mother-of-pearl - definición

ORGANIC-INORGANIC COMPOSITE MATERIAL PRODUCED BY SOME MOLLUSCS

Mother of pearl; Mother-of-pearl; Mother-of-Pearl; Mother of Pearl; Nachre; The Mother of Pearl Inlay; Nacreous; Artificial nacre; Pearlshell; Pearl shell

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Mother-of-pearl

·noun The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, ·esp. of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. ·see Pearl.

mother-of-pearl

¦ noun a smooth shining iridescent substance forming the inner layer of the shell of some molluscs, especially oysters and abalones, used as ornamentation.

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Nacre

Nacre ( NAY-kər, also NAK-rə), also known as mother of pearl, is an organic–inorganic composite material produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer; it is also the material of which pearls are composed. It is strong, resilient, and iridescent.

Nacre is found in some of the most ancient lineages of bivalves, gastropods, and cephalopods. However, the inner layer in the great majority of mollusc shells is porcellaneous, not nacreous, and this usually results in a non-iridescent shine, or more rarely in non-nacreous iridescence such as flame structure as is found in conch pearls.

The outer layer of cultured pearls and the inside layer of pearl oyster and freshwater pearl mussel shells are made of nacre. Other mollusc families that have a nacreous inner shell layer include marine gastropods such as the Haliotidae, the Trochidae and the Turbinidae.

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Ejemplos de pronunciación para mother-of-pearl

1. mother of pearl.

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2. and the marble inlays, and the mother of pearl

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3. Also known as mother of pearl, nacre is mostly composed of a crystallized form

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4. On the lower left there is a picture of mother of pearl

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Ejemplos de uso de mother-of-pearl

1. The Piaget watch had a gold band, a mother–of–pearl face and gold Roman numerals.

2. Perfectly crafted knives with mother–of–pearl handles sat in the center of the island.

3. Most Expensive: _Vermeil horse statue atop a malachite base with a gold, mother of pearl and malachite octagonal clock.

4. Among the loveliest visions at Gaultier was a swimsuit entirely covered in glistening pieces of mother–of–pearl.

5. In front of him are eight mother–of–pearl spoons, each piled high with roe that glisten like dark jewels.