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Definition of: marabou
(mar′ə·b
) noun
1. A stork of the genus Leptoptilos, especially the African marabou (L. crumeniferus), whose soft, white, lower tail and wing feathers are used in millinery.
2. The adjutant bird.
3. A plume from the marabou.
4. A delicate white silk that can be dyed without being freed from gum. Also mar′a·bout (-bt). [<F marabou, marabout. See MARABOUT.]
(From 3 to 4 feet high at the shoulder)
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