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MARABOU

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("marabou" is a kind of...):

feather; plumage; plume (the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds)

Holonyms ("marabou" is a part of...):

Leptoptilus crumeniferus; marabou; marabou stork; marabout (large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments

Synonyms:

Leptoptilus crumeniferus; marabou; marabou stork; marabout

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("marabou" is a kind of...):

stork (large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage)

Meronyms (parts of "marabou"):

marabou (the downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments)

Holonyms ("marabou" is a member of...):

genus Leptoptilus; Leptoptilus (adjutant birds and marabous)

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