iridescent
Possessing colours that shimmer and change when viewed in different lights or from different angles.
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Ichthyological terms, not general ones.
guanine
Crystalline chemical compound giving a metallic, iridescent golden, silvery, white, blue or greenish sheen to the scales of certain fishes. Occurs naturally in some fish species but in others its formation is driven by parasitic infection.
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iridophore
An iridescent chromatophore.
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