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ivory

ivo.ry \'i-v-(*-)re-\ n [ME ivorie, fr. OF ivoire, fr. L eboreus of ivory, 
   fr. ebo] often attrib r-, ebur ivory, fr. Egypt b, 
   bw elephant, ivory 1a: the hard creamy-white modified 
   dentine that composes the tusks of an el ephant or sometimes another tusked 
   mammal 1b: a tusk (as of an elephant) that yields ivory  2: a variable 
   color averaging a pale yellow  slang  3: TOOTH  4: something (as dice or 
   piano keys) made of ivory or of a similar substanc e