marabou
(noun) the downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments
marabou, marabout, marabou stork, Leptoptilus crumeniferus
(noun) large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments
Source: WordNet® 3.1
marabou (plural marabous)
Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.
(dated, US, Louisiana) A person, five-eighths of whose ancestry is black; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.
A kind of thrown raw silk, naturally nearly white, but capable of being dyed without scouring.
A thin fabric made from this silk, as for scarfs.
• (bird): adjutant stork, marabou stork
• (person of mixed race): see list in mulatto
Source: Wiktionary
Mar`a*bou", n. Etym: [F.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A large stork of the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia), esp. the African species (L. crumenifer), which furnishes plumes worn as ornaments. The Asiatic species (L. dubius, or L. argala) is the adjutant. See Adjutant. [Written also marabu.]
2. One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe. [Louisiana] Bartlett.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
