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mar·a·bou 
[mar-uh-boo] Pronunciation Key
[mar-uh-boo] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | any of three large storks of the genus Leptoptilus, of Africa or the East Indies, having soft, downy feathers under the wings and tail that are used for making a furlike trimming for women's hats and garments. |
| 2. | one of the feathers. |
| 3. | the trimming or material made of the feathers. |
| 4. | thrown silk that can be dyed without being scoured. |
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| mar·a·bou also mar·a·bout
(mār'ə-bōō') Pronunciation Key
n.
[French marabout, Muslim hermit, marabout; see marabout1.] |
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| marabou | |
noun | |
| 1. | large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments |
| 2. | the downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Marabou
Mar`a*bou"\, n. [F.]1. (Zo["o]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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Marabou
Mar`a*bou"\, 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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