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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mar•a•bou also mar•a•bout, /ˈmærəˌbu/USA pronunciation n., pl. -bous. - Birds[countable] a stork of sub-Saharan Africa that eats dead animals.
- Clothing[uncountable] material made from the feathers of marabous and used to trim women's hats and clothing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mar•a•bou (mar′ə bo̅o̅′),USA pronunciation n. - Birdsany of three large storks of the genus Leptoptilus, of Africa or the East Indies, having soft, downy feathers under the wings and tail that are used for making a furlike trimming for women's hats and garments.
- one of the feathers.
- the trimming or material made of the feathers.
- Textilesthrown silk that can be dyed without being scoured.
Also, marabout. - French marabout literally, marabout
- 1815–25
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: marabou /ˈmærəˌbuː/ n - a large black-and-white African carrion-eating stork, Leptoptilos crumeniferus, with a very short naked neck and a straight heavy bill
- a down feather of this bird, used to trim garments
Etymology: 19th Century: from French, from Arabic murābit marabout, so called because the stork is considered a holy bird in Islam |