marabou
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
French
Noun [edit]
marabou (plural marabous)
- A large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.
- (dated, US, Louisiana) One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bartlett to this entry?)
Scientific names [edit]
- (bird): Leptoptilos crumeniferus
Synonyms [edit]
- (bird): adjutant stork
- (bird): marabou stork
