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marabou

3 syllables
noun
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As a noun, marabou means leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.

Meanings of marabou

6 meanings

noun

  1. Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.

  2. A kind of thrown raw silk, naturally nearly white, but capable of being dyed without scouring.

  3. A thin fabric made from this silk, as for scarfs.

  4. Large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garmentsanimal

    Similar: marabout, marabou stork, Leptoptilus crumeniferus

  5. The downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garmentsanimal

Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. datedUSlouisianaA person having five-eighths black ancestry; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

marabou around the world

USA person having five-eighths black ancestry; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.

Synonyms by meaning

noun: large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its d…
maraboutmarabou storkLeptoptilus crumeniferus

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