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Meaning of 'marabou' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Marabou [ n.]
- 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.
- One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.