Definition of Marabou

1. Noun. Large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments.

Exact synonyms: Leptoptilus Crumeniferus, Marabou Stork, Marabout
Generic synonyms: Stork
Group relationships: Genus Leptoptilus, Leptoptilus

2. Noun. The downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments.
Generic synonyms: Feather, Plumage, Plume
Group relationships: Leptoptilus Crumeniferus, Marabou Stork, Marabout

Definition of Marabou

1. n. 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.

2. 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.

Definition of Marabou

1. Noun. A large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Marabou

1. an African stork [n -S]

Medical Definition of Marabou

1. 1. A large stork of the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia), especially. The African species (L. Crumenifer), which furnishes plumes worn as ornaments. The Asiatic species (L. Dubius, or L. Argala) is the adjutant. See Adjutant. Alternative forms: marabu. 2. One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe. Origin: F. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Marabou

maque choux
maquette
maquettes
maqui
maquila
maquiladora
maquiladoras
maquilas
maquillage
maquillages
maquis
mar
mara
marabaraba
marabi
marabou (current term)
marabou stork
marabous
marabout
maraboutic
marabouts
marabunta
marabuntas
maraca
maracan
maracas
maracatu
maracock
maracocks
marae

Literary usage of Marabou

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"A smaller species (L. marabou, Temm.) occurs in tropical Africa, assisting the ... marabou, the popular name of several large birds of the stork family, ..."

2. The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated: Published by Edward Turner Bennett (1831)
"CICONIA marabou. Vic. THERE are three gigantic species of Stork, natives of Africa and Eastern Asia, which might with propriety be regarded as the types of ..."

3. Shots and Snapshots in British East Africa by Edward Bennet (1914)
"BIRDS There are two birds on the game list, the marabou or marabou stork, and the egret. The ostrich (Swahili, Buni) used to ..."

4. The Wild Tribes of the Soudan: An Account of Travel and Sport Chiefly in the by Frank Linsly James (1883)
"Buffalo Tracks. — Capture of the Frst Hippopotamus. — Visit from Hamran Sheik's Son. — The Last Hippopotamus. — marabou Storks. — Purchase of a Tortoise. ..."

5. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1838)
"We shall illustrate this group by Ciconia marabou, Vigors. ... marabou. Description of the African marabou, and differences between that species and the ..."

6. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte ...: With a Concise History of the Events by Willem Lodewyk Van-Ess (1809)
"Were on board the transports, were ordered to effect a landing with their men in three columns, as near as possible to the point of marabou. ..."

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