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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Marabout  \Marabout"\,  n.  [F.,  from  Pg  marabuto  Ar  mor[=a]bit. 
  Cf  {Maravedi}.] 
  A  Mohammedan  saint;  especially,  one  who  claims  to  work  cures 
  supernaturally. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  marabout 
  n  :  large  African  black-and-white  carion-eating  stork;  downy 
  under-wing  feathers  are  used  to  trim  garments  [syn:  {marabou}, 
  {marabou  stork},  {Leptoptilus  crumeniferus}] 




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