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Definition of Marabou
1. Noun. Large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments.
Generic synonyms: Stork
Group relationships: Genus Leptoptilus, Leptoptilus
2. Noun. The downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments.
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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Marabou
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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