Marabou
Marabou İngilizce anlamı ve tanımı
Marabou anlamları
- (noun) One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.
- (noun) 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.
- (noun) 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.
Marabou tanım:
Kelime: mar·a·bou
Variant(s): also mar·a·bout
/'mar-&-"bü/İşlev: noun
Kökeni: French marabout, literally, marabout
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 large dark gray African stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) that has a distensible pouch of pink skin at the front of the neck and feeds especially on carrion -- called also marabou stork
2 a : a thrown silk usually dyed in the gum b : a fabric made of this silk
[marabou illustration]
