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marabou
noun(mar-a-bou)
a soft feathery fluffy material prepared from turkey feathers or the coverts of marabous and used especially for trimming women's hats or clothes
marabou
noun(mar-a-bou)
a large dark gray African stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) that has a distensible pouch of pink skin at the front of the neck and feeds especially on carrion —called also marabou stork
marabou
noun(mar-a-bou)
silk composed of several twisted threads that is dyed before the sericin has been removed
marabou
noun(mar-a-bou)
a dervish in Muslim Africa believed to have supernatural power

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