'Marabout' definitions:

Definition of 'marabout'

(from WordNet)
noun
Large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments [syn: marabou, marabout, marabou stork, Leptoptilus crumeniferus]

Definition of 'Marabout'

From: GCIDE
  • Marabout \Marabout"\ (m[a^]r"[.a]b[=oo]t"), n. [F., from Pg. marabuto, Ar. mor[=a]bit. Cf. Maravedi.]
  • 1. A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) The marabou[1]. [PJC]