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 Mar·a·bou n.
 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.]
 2. One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe. [Louisiana]
 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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 Leptoptilus crumeniferus
      n : large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; downy
          under-wing feathers are used to trim garments [syn: marabou,
           marabout, marabou stork]