Porcellaneous

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  • adj. Of or relating to porcelain; resembling porcelain.
  • adj. Having a smooth, compact shell without pores; said of certain Foraminifera.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Same as porcelanous.
  • Word Usage
    "The commonest of the giant clams TRIDACNA GIGAS sometimes betrays evidence of past internal trouble by the presence of a concretion of porcelain whiteness and of porcellaneous texture, but such are not to be described as pearls and to be prized as rarities only."