marabou
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Etymology
From FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from French#MARABOUCategory:English terms derived from French#MARABOU marabou, an older spelling of marabout.
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Noun
marabou (plural marabous)Category:English lemmas#MARABOUCategory:English nouns#MARABOUCategory:English countable nouns#MARABOUCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MARABOUCategory:Pages with entries#MARABOUCategory:Pages with 1 entry#MARABOU
- Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.
- Synonyms: adjutant stork, marabou stork
- (datedCategory:English dated terms#MARABOU, USCategory:American English#MARABOU, LouisianaCategory:Louisiana English#MARABOU) A person having five-eighths black ancestry; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.
- 1815, Mungo Park, The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa:
- Madimarian , a Marabou, killed me a bullock; I give him one bottle of powder.Category:English terms with quotations#MARABOU
- (textilesCategory:en:Textiles#MARABOU) 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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large wading bird native to Africa
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