iridescent green

collocation in English

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iridescent
adjective
uk
/ˌɪr.ɪˈdes.ənt/us
/ˌɪr.əˈdes.ənt/
showing many bright colours that change ...
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green
noun
uk
/ɡriːn/us
/ɡriːn/
the colour of grass; a colour between blue ...
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(Definition ofiridescentandgreenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The adult male has a blackish head,iridescentgreenbreast, and geranium red belly and undertail coverts.
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They are a semi-glossy green on the top and a brilliantiridescentgreenon the underside and legs.
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They resemble each other, being overall black withiridescentgreenmarkings and a red head.
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Some of the largest jumping spiders inhabit this genus, and many species are characterized by their brilliant,iridescentgreenchelicerae.
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Their overall body feathers are aniridescentgreen-purple color.
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It has white neck markings andiridescentgreenand purple patches on the neck and breast.
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The adult fly is light greenish brown with brown-banded wings andiridescentgreeneyes.
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The hindwing is brown on the underside but brightiridescentgreenon the upperside.
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It is lined withiridescentgreennacre with red reflections.
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The adult male isiridescentgreenabove and whitish below with green sides.
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The tadpoles are a pale yellowish-green colour withiridescentgreenspots and red eyes.
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The abdominal ventrites are covered with appressed, white, tawny, oriridescentgreenpubescence (or some combination), becoming splotchy at sides.
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Adults have forewings that are half a dark golden colour and halfiridescentgreen.
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Male quetzals haveiridescentgreenwing coverts, back, chest and head, and a red belly.
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Male and female both haveiridescentgreenbacks and crowns and a white breast.
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The upper wing coverlets are white, while its speculum is aniridescentgreen.
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It is generallyiridescentgreenand can reach 30 cm in length.
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They are blackish with markings iniridescentgreenor light blue; in some species with orange, gold or pink highlights.
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Adult males are striking black and white, withiridescentgreenand purple heads with a large white patch behind the eye.
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This bird has aniridescentgreen-blue cap on its head, and a bluish gray bill with a black tip.
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