Hypertext Webster Gateway: "marabout"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Marabout \Marabout"\, n. [F., from Pg. marabuto, Ar. mor[=a]bit.
Cf. {Maravedi}.]
A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures
supernaturally.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
marabout
n : large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; downy
under-wing feathers are used to trim garments [syn: {marabou},
{marabou stork}, {Leptoptilus crumeniferus}]
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