marabou
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French marabou, an older spelling of marabout.
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
- (bird): adjutant stork, marabou stork
Translations[edit]
large wading bird native to Africa
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