marabou

noun

1. 1

   Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.

2. 2

   A person, five-eighths of whose ancestry is black; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.

3. 3

   A kind of thrown raw silk, naturally nearly white, but capable of being dyed without scouring.

4. 4

   A thin fabric made from this silk, as for scarfs.