marabou
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Birdsmaraboumar‧a‧bou, marabout /ˈmærəbuː/ noun [countable] HBBa large African stork (=a long-legged bird)Examples from the Corpusmarabou• That night she was perched on her stool wearing her cape trimmed with marabou over the dress.Origin marabou (1800-1900) French marabout “African holy man”, from Portuguese marabuto, from Arabic murabit “hermit, monk”; because Muslims consider it a holy bird