iridescent
81prismatic — prismatic, iridescent, opalescent, opaline are comparable when they mean marked by or displaying a variety of colors. Prismatic implies an exhibition of the colors of the spectrum (as when a ray of light is refracted by a prism) or of a rainbow.… …
82chatoyant — adjective varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles changeable taffeta chatoyant (or shot) silk a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent • Syn: ↑changeable, ↑iridescent, ↑shot • Similar to …
83nacreous — adjective 1. consisting of or resembling mother of pearl • Pertains to noun: ↑nacre • Derivationally related forms: ↑nacre 2. having a play of lustrous rainbow colors an iridescent oil slick nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother of …
84nacreous cloud — noun a luminous iridescent cloud at a high altitude that may be seen when the sun is a few degrees below the horizon • Syn: ↑mother of pearl cloud • Hypernyms: ↑cloud * * * noun : a luminous iridescent cloud that occurs at altitudes of about… …
85Peafowl — Taxobox name = Peafowl image width = 250px image caption = An Indian Blue Peacock (rear) courts a peahen (front) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Galliformes familia = Pavoninidae genus = Rheinardiasubdivision ranks =… …
86Ammonite — For other uses, see Ammonite (disambiguation). Ammonites Temporal range: 400–65.5 Ma …
87Chromatophore — Zebrafish chromatophores mediate background adaptation on exposure to dark (top) and light environments (bottom). Chromatophores are pigment containing and light reflecting cells found in amphibians, fish, reptiles, crustaceans, and cephalopods.… …
88Tapetum lucidum — The tapetum lucidum (Latin: bright tapestry , plural tapeta lucida) [ [http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi bin/lookup.pl?stem=tapet ending=um Latin Word Lookup ] ] is a layer of tissue in the eye of many vertebrate animals, that lies immediately… …
89Morpho (butterfly) — Taxobox name = Morpho Butterfly image width = 250px image caption = Menelaus Blue Morpho, Morpho menelaus regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera unranked familia = Rhopalocera superfamilia = Papilionoidea… …
90Pewabic Pottery — Infobox nrhp | name =Pewabic Pottery nrhp type =nhl caption = location= Detroit, Michigan lat degrees = 42 lat minutes = 21 lat seconds = 40.92 lat direction = N long degrees = 82 long minutes = 58 long seconds = 54.02 long direction = W locmapin …
