marabou : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: marabou	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for marabou
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
marabou n 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 the downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Marabou \Mar`abou"\, n. 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.