Marabou

Marabou

Marabou can refer to:

  • Marabou Stork, a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae
  • Marabou (chocolate), a Swedish chocolate brand
  • Marabou (ethnicity), a historical term for a multiracial person in Haiti
  • Marabou, a collection of poems by Nikos Kavadias
  • Marabou (weed), or El Marabú in Cuba, the legume dichrostachys cinerea

See also

  • Marabout
  • All pages beginning with "Marabou"
  • All pages with titles containing "Marabou"

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  • Marabou — ist der schwedische Markenname für Schokoladenprodukte des internationalen Nahrungsmittelskonzerns Kraft Foods. Logo der Marke Marabou Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Geschichte …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • marabou — UK [ˈmærəbuː] / US [ˈmerəˌbu] or marabout UK / US noun Word forms marabou : singular marabou plural marabous a) [countable] a large African stork (= bird) with long legs and a long beak b) [uncountable] the feathers of a marabou, used for… …   English dictionary

  • Marabou — (Хорефто,Греция) Категория отеля: Адрес: Zagoras Portarias, Хорефто, 37001, Греция …   Каталог отелей

  • Marabou — Mar a*bou (m[a^]r [.a]b[=oo] ), n. [F.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A large black and white carrion eating stork of the genus {Leptoptilos} (formerly {Ciconia}), esp. the African species ({Leptoptilus crumeniferus} syn. {Leptoptilos crumenifer}), whose downy… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • marabou — ► NOUN 1) an African stork with a massive bill and large neck pouch. 2) down feathers from marabou used as trimming for hats or clothing. ORIGIN French, from Arabic, holy man …   English terms dictionary

  • marabou — [mar′ə bo͞o΄] n. [Fr, marabout (see MARABOUT): so named from its contemplative posture] 1. a bare headed, large billed African stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) 2. soft feathers from the wing coverts and tail of the marabou 3. a) a delicate, white …   English World dictionary

  • marabou — /mar euh booh /, n. 1. any of three large storks of the genus Leptoptilus, of Africa or the East Indies, having soft, downy feathers under the wings and tail that are used for making a furlike trimming for women s hats and garments. 2. one of the …   Universalium

  • marabou — also marabout noun Etymology: French marabout, literally, marabout Date: 1819 1. a. a soft feathery fluffy material prepared from turkey feathers or the coverts of marabous and used especially for trimming women s hats or clothes b. (marabou) a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • marabou — noun A large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging. Syn: adjutant stork, marabou stork …   Wiktionary

  • marabou — [ marəbu:] noun 1》 a large African stork with a massive bill and large neck pouch. [Leptoptilos crumeniferus.] 2》 down from the wing or tail of the marabou used as a trimming for hats or clothing. Origin C19: from Fr., from Arab. murābiṭ holy man …   English new terms dictionary

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