珍珠母
Mother-of-pearl \Moth"er-of-pearl`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
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
n : the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell [syn: {nacre}]