See mother-of-pearl on Wiktionary
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"code": "id",
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "pearly layer",
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"code": "mn",
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"sense": "pearly layer",
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"sense": "pearly layer",
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"sense": "pearly layer",
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"word": "صدف"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "pearly layer",
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "pearly layer",
"tags": [
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "pearly layer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "madrepérola"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
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"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "pearly layer",
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "pearly layer",
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"masculine"
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"word": "перламу́тр"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "pearly layer",
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"sense": "pearly layer",
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "pearly layer",
"word": "nakar"
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"code": "tl",
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"sense": "pearly layer",
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"sense": "pearly layer",
"word": "ముత్యపుచిప్ప"
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"word": "سەدەپ"
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"code": "vi",
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"code": "cy",
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"code": "cy",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "butterfly",
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