iridescent
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The team found that sea silk's iridescent appearance comes from layered spherical protein structures known as "photonin."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
This elusive, iridescent predator relies on split-second timing and is rarely seen, let alone photographed.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
Where her vision clears, she’s in a hall lit by candlelight and crystal chandeliers draped in pearls, dressed in an iridescent gown and jewels evocative of the decade’s New Romantic style.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2026
It was “an iridescent bubble floating above the city’s cares,” writes Lyse Doucet in “The Finest Hotel in Kabul.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
She has brought with her bolts of fabric, some of it stiff gold, one that changes color like iridescent beetle wings.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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The Old Man and the Sea
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