Chryselephantine

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chryselephantine \Chrys`el*e*phan"tine\, a. [Gr. chryso`s gold +
     ? made of ivory, fr. ? ivory, elephant.]
     Composed of, or adorned with, gold and ivory.
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     Note: The chryselephantine statues of the Greeks were built


           up with inferior materials, veneered, as it were, with
           ivory for the flesh, and gold decorated with color for
           the hair and garments.
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