pearlescent

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Pearl-like, either in color or luster.

   “In the silvery belly scales of the herring, deposits of minute, platelike crystals lie parallel to the scales’ surface, giving a pearly gleam to the grey fish. As long as 200 years ago, this pearlescent pigment was extracted from the fish and injected into beads to simulate pearls.”