nacre
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈneɪkə/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈneɪkəɹ/
Noun

nacre (plural nacres)

  1. (obsolete) A shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl. [16th-19th c.]
    • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821 ↗:
      The shell-fish called a Nacre, liveth even so with the Pinnotere, which is a little creature like unto a Crabfish […].
  2. A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells; mother-of-pearl. [from 17th c.]



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