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marabou

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈmærəˌbuː/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈmærəˌbu/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(mar′ə bo̅o̅′)

mar•a•bou also mar•a•bout, /ˈmærəˌbu/USA pronunciation n., pl. -bous.

Birds[countable] a stork of sub-Saharan Africa that eats dead animals.
Clothing[uncountable] material made from the feathers of marabous and used to trim women's hats and clothing.

mar•a•bou (mar′ə bo̅o̅′),USA pronunciation n.

Birdsany 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.
one of the feathers.
the trimming or material made of the feathers.
Textilesthrown silk that can be dyed without being scoured.

Also, marabout.

French marabout literally, marabout
1815–25

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

marabou /ˈmærəˌbuː/ n

a large black-and-white African carrion-eating stork, Leptoptilos crumeniferus, with a very short naked neck and a straight heavy bill
See also adjutant bird
a down feather of this bird, used to trim garments

Etymology: 19th Century: from French, from Arabic murābit marabout, so called because the stork is considered a holy bird in Islam

'marabou' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

adjutant bird - marabout - stole - stork

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