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mar⋅a⋅bou

  [mar-uh-boo]
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–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.
Also, marabout.

Origin:
1815–25; < F marabout lit., marabout
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mar·a·bou also mar·a·bout   (mār'ə-bōō')   
n.  

  1. Any of several large African storks of the genus Leptoptilos that scavenge for carrion and that have a soft white down on the underside. Also called adjutant, adjutant stork.

    1. The down of one of these storks or an imitation of it made from other bird feathers.

    2. A hat or garment trimmed with the down of a stork or an imitation of it.

    3. A raw silk that can be dyed without being separated from the gum.

    4. A fabric or an article of apparel made from such silk.

    1. A raw silk that can be dyed without being separated from the gum.

    2. A fabric or an article of apparel made from such silk.


[French marabout, Muslim hermit, marabout; see marabout1.]
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