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Marabou (mărˈȧbo͞oˈ), n. [F.]
1. (Zool.) A large black-and-white carrion-eating stork of the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia), esp. the African species (Leptoptilus crumeniferus syn. Leptoptilos crumenifer), whose downy under-wing feathers are used to trim garments; called also marabout. The Asiatic species (Leptoptilos dubius, or Leptoptilos argala) is the adjutant. See Adjutant. [Written also marabu.]
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2. One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe. [Louisiana] Bartlett.
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3. 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.
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Marabout (mărˈȧbo͞otˈ), n. [F., from Pg. marabuto, Ar. morābit. Cf. Maravedi.]
1. A Muslim saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally.
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2. (Zool.) The marabou1.
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