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adjectivevarying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
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adjectivehaving a play of lustrous rainbow colors
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Definition that contains iridescent
- peacock male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots
- dragonfly slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
- hummingbird tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills; wings are specialized for vibrating flight
- bluebottle blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight
- grackle long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage
- beroe delicately iridescent thimble-shaped ctenophores
- jacamar tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage
- mother-of-pearl the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell
- nacre the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell
- calliphora vicina blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight