opaline
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]opaline (comparative more opaline, superlative most opaline)
- Resembling opal in having a milky white iridescence.
Noun
[edit]opaline (countable and uncountable, plural opalines)
- 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.
- (mineralogy) Any of several minerals resembling opal, including a variety of yellow chalcedony.
- Synonym of opal glass
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]resembling opal in its iridescence
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[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]opaline f (uncountable)
- opal glass, opaline (type of opaque translucent glass)
- Synonym: opaalglas
Hyponyms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]opaline (not comparable)
- opaline, made of opal glass
Inflection
[edit]| Declension of opaline | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | opaline | |||
| inflected | opaline | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | opaline | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | opaline | ||
| n. sing. | opaline | |||
| plural | opaline | |||
| definite | opaline | |||
| partitive | opalines | |||
Hyponyms
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Adjective
[edit]opaline
Italian
[edit]Adjective
[edit]opaline
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