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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
- ebonise stain black to make it look like ebony
- right whale large Arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the `right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil
- fin whale large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
- astragalar of or relating to the anklebone
- granadillo West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony
- blue whale largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere