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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Ciconia | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for Ciconia | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Marabou \Mar`a*bou"\, n. [F.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A large stork of the genus {Leptoptilos} (formerly {Ciconia}), esp. the African species ({L. crumenifer}), which furnishes plumes worn as ornaments. The Asiatic species ({L. dubius}, or {L. argala}) is the adjutant. See {Adjutant}. [Written also {marabu}.] 2. One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe. [Louisiana] --Bartlett. | |
