large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments
source: WordNet 3.0
the downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments
source: WordNet 3.0
A large stork of the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia), esp. the African species (L. crumenifer), which furnishes plumes worn as ornaments. The Asiatic species (L. dubius, or L. argala) is the adjutant. See Adjutant.
source: Webster 1913
A kind of thrown raw silk, nearly white naturally, but capable of being dyed without scouring; also, a thin fabric made from it, as for scarfs, which resembles the feathers of the marabou in delicacy, -- whence the name.
