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noun
A piece of ivory, generally from a marine mammal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, literary
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History
Learned borrowing from Middle English rewell bon, ruel bon (“walrus ivory”), from Old French roal, rohal (“walrus ivory”), ultimately from Old Norse hrosshvalr (“walrus”).
