Iris
Iris noun - Muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye.
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Rainbow
Rainbow noun - An arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain.
Both words in one sentence
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He has a rainbow tattooed on his bicep, because his mother is Iris, the Rainbow Goddess.
- There's a few times when he speaks in Spanish, one of which is a title drop: Arco iris en la oscuridad (Rainbow in the dark).
Source: Gratuitous Spanish -
Topped in The Son of Neptune by rainbow goddess Iris, who hasn't quite decided whether her personal creed should be...Buddhism or Taoism.
Source: Crossover Cosmology
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Rainbow and Iris. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/iris/rainbow
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