(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:18:34

Moth"er-of-pearl` (?), n. Zool.

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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