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Definition of Marabou stork
1. Noun. Large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments.
Terms within: Marabou
Generic synonyms: Stork
Group relationships: Genus Leptoptilus, Leptoptilus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marabou Stork
Literary usage of Marabou stork
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"A kind of stork, more commonly called marabou-stork.—2. ... Soft and downy feathers
found under the wings and tail of the marabou-stork. ..."
2. Notes of Travel in South Africa by Karl Johann Andersson, Charles John Andersson, Llewelyn Lloyd (1875)
"Vultures and the marabou stork fly at enormous altitudes. I believe that every
species keeps to its own particular elevation, and that the atmosphere ..."
3. Exploration of the Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia: The Sources, Supply, and by Samuel White Baker, William Leonard Gage (1868)
"Vultures and the marabou stork fly at enormous altitudes. I believe that every
species keeps to its own particular elevation, and that the atmosphere ..."
4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1894)
"Among the birds of prey observed might be mentioned the buzzard, vulture, and
marabou stork. The first is everywhere, but the vulture and stork do not ..."
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