perlas — meaning in English
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English meaning
- pearl noun A smooth, rounded gem formed inside the shell of certain oysters and mollusks, prized for jewelry.
Senses
perlas is used for these senses in English:
- pearl (literally) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.
pearl — full definition
- noun A smooth, rounded gem formed inside the shell of certain oysters and mollusks, prized for jewelry.
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