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Dictionary definition for: Iridescent

1. (s) varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta" "chatoyant (or shot) silk" "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent"

2. (s) having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors; "an iridescent oil slick" "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl" "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster"

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