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The correct spelling is marabou.
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noun
Say it like: Mar-abo-w
The correct spelling is marabou. Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.
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noun
- 1.Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.
- 2.A person, five-eighths of whose ancestry is black; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.
- 3.A kind of thrown raw silk, naturally nearly white, but capable of being dyed without scouring.
- 4.A thin fabric made from this silk, as for scarfs.
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