
Dictionary » M » Mother-of-pearl Mother-of-pearlmother-of-pearl (Science: zoology) The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, especially. Of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. See Pearl. ![]()
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