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adjectiveof a very dark black
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- ebony hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
- scrimshaw a carving (or engraving) on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers
- humpback large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives
- bauhinia mountain ebony, orchid tree
- humpback whale large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives
- ebony family fruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions including ebony and persimmon
- whalebone whale whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water
- brya ebenus West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony
- genus bauhinia mountain ebony, orchid tree
- balaenoptera musculus largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere