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形容詞

opaline (comparative more opaline, superlative most opaline)

1. Resembling opal in having a milky white iridescence.

   Synonyms: opalesque, opalish

   • 2023, C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 134:

     She was so alive that night, opaline points in her eyes, mouth parted to bare her teeth.

名詞

opaline (countable and uncountable, plural opalines)

1. A clear to white liquid secreted by sea hares (genus Aplysia) that becomes viscous upon contact with water.

   The attack on a sea hare by a spiny lobster causes release of the whitish opaline, followed the co-release of both opaline and ink.

2. (mineralogy) Any of several minerals resembling opal, including a variety of yellow chalcedony.
3. Synonym of opal glass.

関連する語

• opalescent

アナグラム

• Neapoli