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Webster 1913 Edition
Marabou
Marˊa-bou′
(măr′ȧboō′)
, Noun.
[F.]
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]
Bartlett.
Definition 2024
marabou
marabou
English
Alternative forms
Noun
marabou (plural marabous)
- Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.
- (dated, US, Louisiana) A person, five-eighths of whose ancestry is black; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bartlett to this entry?)
- A kind of thrown raw silk, naturally nearly white, but capable of being dyed without scouring.
- A thin fabric made from this silk, as for scarfs.
Synonyms
- (bird): adjutant stork, marabou stork
Translations
large wading bird native to Africa
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