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ebony

mastery

/ˈɛb.ən.i/nounadjname

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What does 'ebony' refer to in this sentence?

At dawn the hunters were off. There were fifty sleek, black warriors, and in their midst, lithe and active as a young forest god, strode Tarzan of the Apes, his brown skin contrasting oddly with the ebony of his companions.