Associations to the word «Marabou»
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Wiktionary
MARABOU, noun. Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.
MARABOU, noun. (dated) (US) (Louisiana) A person, five-eighths of whose ancestry is black; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.
MARABOU, noun. A kind of thrown raw silk, naturally nearly white, but capable of being dyed without scouring.
MARABOU, noun. A thin fabric made from this silk, as for scarfs.
Dictionary definition
MARABOU, noun. Large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments.
MARABOU, noun. The downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.