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Definition of Marabous
1. marabou [n] - See also: marabou
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marabous
Literary usage of Marabous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. With Flashlight and Rifle: A Record of Hunting Adventures and of Studies in by Carl Georg Schillings (1906)
"I can only say that this young rhinoceros attached himself to me in a very few
weeks, and got to dis- MV marabous MADE r. ..."
2. With Flash-light and Rifle: Photographing by Flash-light at Night the Wild by Carl Georg Schillings (1905)
"Unless the lion be hungry, he rarely attacks human beings. And he need not go
hungry in East Africa, FI.OCK OF marabous which is still rich in wild game. ..."
3. Waifs and strays of natural history by Margaret Gatty (1871)
"The marabous of ... In consequence of the obligation conferred by the preceding
article, and in return for the friendly offices of the marabous of Arman- ..."
4. A Voyage to Senegal, Or, Historical, Philosophical, and Political Memoirs by Jean Baptiste Léonard Durand (1806)
"The second tribe is known by the .name of marabous of ... It does not appear that
government pays any duty to the marabous of ..."
5. The Voyages Made by the Sieur D. B. to the Islands Dauphine Or Madagascar by [Du Bois] (1897)
"These are the marabous who give them their Gris-gris ... undertake nothing of
consequence without consulting these marabous, who to give a response to what ..."
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