The eyes are oblique, the pupils round, and the 'irides' light-brown. From Wordnik.com. [The Dog] Reference
It flexed irides-cently in her hands but did not protest. From Wordnik.com. [Harpy Thyme]
My favourite plurals are irides - for iris - and clitorides, similarly formed lexically if not anatomically. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: KINDERGARTNER.] Reference
Head not banded, fins tawny, with oblong black spots, eyes prominent, irides reddish-orange: this is a very abundant species. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Eyes clear; irides brown; pupils round and regular, moderately dilated, reacted readily to all tests; eye movements well performed in all directions; no nystagmus nor strabismus. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in Forensic Psychiatry] Reference
His lids came down on the lower rims of his irides. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
Total absence of both irides has been seen in a man of eighteen. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Both pupils and irides were black, and glistened like the eyes of. From Wordnik.com. [The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West] Reference
The number and the situation of the pigment cells differ in different irides. From Wordnik.com. [X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 1. The Tunics of the Eye] Reference
The expression of two different eye colors in an animal is called heterochromia irides. From Wordnik.com. [TheHorse.com News] Reference
The other boy in the family had a total absence of irides, but he could see fairly well with the left eye. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
After about three months, the champagne foal's irides turn the amber color characteristic to this coat color. From Wordnik.com. [TheHorse.com News] Reference
Their claws, their teeth, half uncovered, and even the bright irides of their shining eyes were seen distinctly. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Hunters] Reference
So lovely were those eyes, that had their irides been blue instead of brown, I might have fancied they were Lilian's!. From Wordnik.com. [The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness] Reference
The color reflected from the iris, or plural irides, comes from pigmentation, specifically the patterning of melanin. From Wordnik.com. [TheHorse.com News] Reference
Burnett, Demaux, Lawson, Morison, Reuling, Samelson, and others also report congenital deficiency of the irides in both eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
At the end of these lateral protuberances appeared the eyes, with gleaming golden irides, glancing horridly to the right and left. From Wordnik.com. [The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea] Reference
The bill is orange and black, the caruncles on his forehead orange, and the cere orange; the orbits scarlet, and the irides white. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in South America] Reference
As it had been killed some days, and the eyes were sunk, I could make no good observation on the colour of the pupils and the irides. From Wordnik.com. [The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1] Reference
The forehead is a dirty buff, the whole crown of the head a bright crimson; the irides a dark lead colour, and it has a white ring round its neck. From Wordnik.com. [Essays in Natural History and Agriculture] Reference
The eyes of the animal shone like flame -- for the irides were, in fact, the colour of burnished gold, with small pupils, sparkling like diamonds, in their midst. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Hunters] Reference
A row of five red ocelli with black irides on each wing and other pretty markings. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty] Reference
"I looked at him," continues the poet, "and sleep entrapped his eyes, and his eyelids kissed the irides. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Delight and Other Papers] Reference
The irides of all I have seen were pale slate-blue. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1] Reference
The irides were brown. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
The irides were tremulous. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Colour of irides -- Dark brown. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
The color of the skin, hair, and irides. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883] Reference
Benson, Burnett, Demaux, Lawson, Morison, Reuling, Samelson, and others also report congenital deficiency of the irides in both eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
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