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marabou 音标拼音: [m'ɛrəb ,u] n. 鹳,鹳毛 鹳,鹳毛 marabou n 1: large African black- and- white carrion- eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments [ synonym: { marabou}, { marabout}, { marabou stork}, { Leptoptilus crumeniferus}] 2: the downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garmentsMarabou \ Mar` a* bou"\ ( m[ a^] r"[. a] b[= oo]"), n. [ F.] 1. ( Zool.) A large black- and- white carrion- eating stork of the genus { Leptoptilos} ( formerly { Ciconia}), esp. the African species ({ Leptoptilus crumeniferus} syn. { Leptoptilos crumenifer}), whose downy under- wing feathers are used to trim garments; called also { marabout}. The Asiatic species ({ Leptoptilos dubius}, or { Leptoptilos argala}) is the adjutant. See { Adjutant}. [ Written also { marabu}.] [ 1913 Webster] 2. One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe. [ Louisiana] -- Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A kind of thrown raw silk, nearly white naturally, but capable of being dyed without scouring; also, a thin fabric made from it, as for scarfs, which resembles the feathers of the marabou in delicacy, -- whence the name. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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