Marabout

marabout
    n 1: large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its
         downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments [syn:
         {marabou}, {marabout}, {marabou stork}, {Leptoptilus
         crumeniferus}]
    

Marabout \Marabout"\ (m[a^]r"[.a]b[=oo]t"), n. [F., from Pg.
   marabuto, Ar. mor[=a]bit. Cf. {Maravedi}.]
   1. A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work
      cures supernaturally.
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   2. (Zool.) The {marabou}[1].
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Marabou \Mar`a*bou"\ (m[a^]r"[.a]b[=oo]"), n. [F.]
   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}.]
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   2. One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a
      mulatto and a griffe. [Louisiana] --Bartlett.
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   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.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]