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MARABOU STORK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does marabou stork mean? 

MARABOU STORK (noun)
  The noun MARABOU STORK has 1 sense:

1. large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garmentsplay

  Familiarity information: MARABOU STORK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MARABOU STORK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Leptoptilus crumeniferus; marabou; marabou stork; marabout

Hypernyms ("marabou stork" is a kind of...):

stork (large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage)

Meronyms (parts of "marabou stork"):

marabou (the downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments)

Holonyms ("marabou stork" is a member of...):

genus Leptoptilus; Leptoptilus (adjutant birds and marabous)


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