Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Marabou"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Marabou \Mar`a*bou"\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Marabou \Mar`a*bou"\, n. [F.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) 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}. [Written also {marabu}.]
2. One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a
mulatto and a griffe. [Louisiana] --Bartlett.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
marabou
n 1: large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; downy
under-wing feathers are used to trim garments [syn: {marabout},
{marabou stork}, {Leptoptilus crumeniferus}]
2: downy feathers of marabou storks used for trimming garments
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