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marabou
marabou is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 4 senses
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- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.
- 3noun
the downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments
- 4noun
large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments
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