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marabout
noun(mar-a-bout)a dervish in Muslim Africa believed to have supernatural power
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noun(mar-a-bout)a soft feathery fluffy material prepared from turkey feathers or the coverts of marabous and used especially for trimming women's hats or clothes
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noun(mar-a-bout)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
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noun(mar-a-bout)silk composed of several twisted threads that is dyed before the sericin has been removed