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noun

Marabou n.

(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)

One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe. (Louisiana)

A kind of thrown raw silk, nearly white naturally, but capable of being dyed without scouring; also, a thin fabric made from it, as for scarfs, which resembles the feathers of the marabou in delicacy, whence the name.

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Etymology of 'Marabou'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Marabou" Quotes from Famous Books

... Noah's ark, caldron texture, mingled yarn; mosaic &c (variegation) 440. half-blood, half-caste. mulatto; terceron^, quarteron^, quinteron^ &c; quadroon, octoroon; griffo^, zambo^; cafuzo^; Eurasian; fustee^, fustie^; griffe, ladino^, marabou, mestee^, mestizo, quintroon, sacatra zebrule [Lat.]; catalo^; cross, hybrid, mongrel. V. mix; join &c 43; combine &c 48; commix, immix^, intermix; mix up with, mingle; commingle, intermingle, bemingle^; shuffle &c (derange) ...

— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget

Words linked to "Marabou" : marabou stork, stork, plumage, Leptoptilus, genus Leptoptilus, plume, Leptoptilus crumeniferus