1noun
enpearl
Definiciones
- 1.A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.
- 2.A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.
- 3.Nacre; mother-of-pearl.
Traducciones
- caperla
- frperle
- itperla
- dePerle
- ruже́мчуг
Ejemplos
esQuiere comprar un collar de perlas para su mujer.
enHe wants to buy a pearl necklace for his wife.
esNo arrojes perlas a los cerdos.
enDon't cast pearls before swine.
es¡Nunca he visto una perla de semejante magnitud!
enI've never seen a pearl of such magnitude!