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Marabou   Listen
noun
Marabou  n.  
1.
(Zool.) A large black-and-white carrion-eating stork of the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia), esp. the African species (Leptoptilus crumeniferus syn. Leptoptilos crumenifer), whose downy under-wing feathers are used to trim garments; called also marabout. The Asiatic species (Leptoptilos dubius, or Leptoptilos 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)
3.
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.






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Words linked to "Marabou" :   plume, feather, Leptoptilus crumeniferus, genus Leptoptilus, marabou stork, marabout, Leptoptilus, stork, plumage



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