ALL meanings of marabou
mar·a·bou
M m - noun marabou bird: type of stork 1
- noun marabou A large African stork with a massive bill and large neck pouch, feeding mainly by scavenging. 1
- noun marabou any 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. 1
- noun marabou one of the feathers. 1
- noun marabou the trimming or material made of the feathers. 1
- noun marabou thrown silk that can be dyed without being scoured. 1
- noun marabou Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging. 0
- noun marabou (dated, US, Louisiana) A person, five-eighths of whose ancestry is black; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe. 0
- noun marabou A kind of thrown raw silk, naturally nearly white, but capable of being dyed without scouring. 0
- noun marabou A thin fabric made from this silk, as for scarfs. 0
- noun marabou a large black-and-white African carrion-eating stork, Leptoptilos crumeniferus, with a very short naked neck and a straight heavy bill 0
- noun marabou a down feather of this bird, used to trim garments 0
- noun marabou a fine white raw silk 0
- noun marabou fabric made of this 0
- noun marabou a bare-headed, large-billed African stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) 0
- noun marabou soft feathers from the wing coverts and tail of the marabou 0
- noun marabou a delicate, white raw silk thread that can be dyed with the natural gum still in it 0
- noun marabou a fabric made of this 0