The ceiling, made of a rubbery latex, is slightly angled and shifts from translucent white to opaque gray.

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Her hair, which was still voluminous, had turned translucent white.

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Locals consider it unsafe to eat casu marzu once the larvae have died, so it is served while the translucent white worms, about one-third of an inch long, are still squiggling.

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