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marabou
- /ˈmæɹəbuː/
Where it comes from
From French marabou, an older spelling of marabout.
noun marabous · marabu · marabout
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Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.
Similar: adjutant stork, marabou stork
- A person having five-eighths black ancestry; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe. Madimarian , a Marabou, killed me a bullock; I give him one bottle of powder.
- A kind of thrown raw silk, naturally nearly white, but capable of being dyed without scouring.
- A thin fabric made from this silk, as for scarves.
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noun large wading bird native to Africa
| Español | marabú |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | アメリカ禿鸛 Amerika hagekō |
| Português | marabu |
| Français | marabout |
| Deutsch | Marabu |
| Italiano | cicogna gozzuta |
| Română | marabu |
| Русский | марабу́ marabú, пти́ца-адъюта́нт ptíca-adʺjutánt |
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