Definition of Marabous. Meaning of Marabous. Synonyms of Marabous

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Definition of Marabous

Marabou
Marabou Mar`a*bou", n. 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.
Marabou
Marabou Mar`a*bou", n. [F.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

Meaning of Marabous from wikipedia

- Mixed race ancestry. The term comes originally from the African Marabouts. Marabous are mainly descended from intermingling between Africans, Europeans and...
- areas. Marabous eating human garbage have been seen to devour virtually anything that they can swallow, including shoes and pieces of metal. Marabous conditioned...
- the marabous, but Kai realize the marabous are still birds and before Budzo can reach the nursery to eat their eggs, Kai persuades the marabous to turn...
- people of African and European ancestry. Their descendants are known as Marabous. The Indian community in Haiti consists mainly of professionals, businessmen...
- Greenpeace: Chokladkakan innehåller palmolja Swedish Radio 21.10.2013 "Marabous choklad kopplad till regnskogsskövling". Greenpeace Sweden. "Hållbarhet"...
- kladdkakans dag". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 April 2018. "Marabous kl****iska mjölkchoklad blir kladdkaka - Mitt kök". Expressen (in Swedish)...
- eggs also opportunistically eat young crocodiles, including monitors and marabous, plus almost all co-existing raptorial birds, including vultures, eagles...
- generalised in their diets, and some species including Abdim's stork and marabous will feed in large flocks on swarms of locusts and at wildfires. This is...
- animals from around the world. On a trip to Uganda, she noted that African marabous did not fly on approach by humans, due to the protection given to them...
- Psittacus), various cranes (crowned cranes, blue crane, wattled crane), storks (marabous, Abdim's stork, saddle-billed stork), herons (slaty egret, black heron...