rainbow
rainbow: n. & adj. --n.
1 an arch of colours (conventionally red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet) formed in the sky (or across a cataract etc.) opposite the sun by reflection, twofold refraction, and dispersion of the sun's rays in falling rain or in spray or mist.
2 a similar effect formed by the moon's rays. --adj. many-coloured. rainbow lorikeet a small brightly coloured Polynesian parrot, Trichoglossus haematodus. rainbow trout a large trout, Salmo gairdneri, orig. of the Pacific coast of N. America. secondary rainbow an additional arch with the colours in reverse order formed inside or outside a rainbow by twofold reflection and twofold refraction. [OE regnboga (as RAIN, BOW(1))]
Most popular pairs with rainbow
rainbow bridge
rainbow brite
rainbow connection
rainbow vacuum
rainbow six
rainbow trout
rainbow sandals
rainbow gathering
rainbow fish
rainbow pictures
rainbow bright
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