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marabou

Hindi marabou का अर्थ हिंदी में
  • चमरघेंघ
English marabou meaning in English  •  marabou का अर्थ अंग्रेजी में
Noun
  • A large black-and-white carrion-eating stork of the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia), esp. the African species (Leptoptilus crumeniferus syn. Leptoptilos crumenifer), whose downy under-wing feathers are used
  • One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.
  • 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.
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