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marabou en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmæɹəbuː/
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Etymology

From French marabou, an older spelling of marabout.

Meanings

1. Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.
2. (Louisiana, US, dated) A person having five-eighths black ancestry; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.
   • Madimarian , a Marabou, killed me a bullock; I give him one bottle of powder. 1815, Mungo Park, The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa:
3. A kind of thrown raw silk, naturally nearly white, but capable of being dyed without scouring.
4. A thin fabric made from this silk, as for scarves.

Forms

Synonyms

adjutant stork · marabou stork

Translations (19)

nl maraboe (large wading bird native to Africa) · ru пти́ца-адъюта́нт (large wading bird native to Africa) · ca marabú (large wading bird native to Africa) · de Marabu (large wading bird native to Africa) · es marabú (large wading bird native to Africa) · luo arum (large wading bird native to Africa) · pl marabut (large wading bird native to Africa) · fr marabout (large wading bird native to Africa) · bg марабу (large wading bird native to Africa) · it cicogna gozzuta (large wading bird native to Africa) · af maraboe (large wading bird native to Africa) · fi marabu (large wading bird native to Africa) · cs marabu (large wading bird native to Africa) · fi afrikanmarabu (large wading bird native to Africa) · pt marabu (large wading bird native to Africa) · gl marabú (large wading bird native to Africa) · ro marabu (large wading bird native to Africa) · ru марабу́ (large wading bird native to Africa) · ja アメリカ禿鸛 (large wading bird native to Africa)