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English Dictionary: Marabout by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
marabout
n
  1. large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments
    Synonym(s): marabou, marabout, marabou stork, Leptoptilus crumeniferus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Marabout \Marabout"\, n. [F., from Pg. marabuto, Ar. mor[be]bit.
      Cf. {Maravedi}.]
      A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures
      supernaturally.
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