iris (n.)
- band
- bar
- blotch
- butterfly
- chameleon
- check
- checker
- cheetah
- chrysotile
- confetti
- cornea
- dapple
- dot
- eye
- eyeball
- eyelid
- firedog
- flake
- fleck
- freckle
- harlequin
- jaguar
- lens
- leopard
- lid
- mackerel
- marble
- moire
- mother-of-pearl
- motley
- mottle
- nacre
- ocelot
- oculus
- opal
- optic
- orb
- peacock
- peeper
- pepper
- polychrome
- pupil
- rainbow
- retina
- sclera
- spangle
- speck
- speckle
- spectrum
- splotch
- spot
- sprinkle
- streak
- striate
- stripe
- stud
- tattoo
- vein
- zebra
In the spring a livelier iris changes on the burnish'd dove;
In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.