marabou
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French marabou, an older spelling of marabout.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]marabou (plural marabous)
- Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.
- Synonyms: adjutant stork, marabou stork
- (dated, US, Louisiana) A person having five-eighths black ancestry; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.
- 1815, Mungo Park, The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa:
- Madimarian , a Marabou, killed me a bullock; I give him one bottle of powder.
- (textiles) 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 scarves.
Translations
[edit]large wading bird native to Africa
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