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marabou |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Marabou \Mar`a*bou"\, n. A kind of thrown raw silk, nearly white naturally, but capable of being dyed without scouring; also a thin fabric made from it as for scarfs, which resembles the feathers of the marabou in delicacy, -- whence the name From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Marabou \Mar`a*bou"\, n. [F.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A large stork of the genus {Leptoptilos} (formerly {Ciconia}), esp. the African species ({L. crumenifer}), which furnishes plumes worn as ornaments. The Asiatic species ({L. dubius}, or {L. argala}) is the adjutant. See {Adjutant}. [Written also {marabu}.] 2. One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe. [Louisiana] --Bartlett. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: marabou n 1: large African black-and-white carion-eating stork; downy under-wing feathers are used to trim garments [syn: {marabout}, {marabou stork}, {Leptoptilus crumeniferus}] 2: downy feathers of marabou storks used for trimming garments
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