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S: eBird – https://ebird.org/species/marsto1 (last access: 25 October 2024); SeaWorld – https://seaworld.org/animals/facts/birds/marabou-stork/ (last access: 25 October 2024).

N: 1. French marabout, literally, marabout. The first known use of marabou was in 1819, in the meaning defined at sense 1a.

1a. marabou: a soft feathery fluffy material prepared from turkey feathers or the coverts of marabous and used especially for trimming women’s hats or clothes.
1b. marabou: a large dark gray African stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) that has a distensible pouch of pink skin at the front of the neck and feeds especially on carrion; called also “marabou stork”.
2a. marabou: silk composed of several twisted threads that is dyed before the sericin has been removed.
2b. marabou: a fabric made of this silk.

2. Also known as: Leptoptilos crumeniferus, marabou stork.

  • marabou, (Leptoptilos crumeniferus), large African bird of the stork family, Ciconiidae (order Ciconiiformes). The marabou is the largest stork, 150 cm (5 feet) tall with a wingspread of 2.6 m (8 1/2 feet). Mainly gray and white, it has a naked pinkish head and neck, a pendant, reddish, inflatable throat pouch, and a straight, heavy bill. Marabous eat carrion, often feeding with vultures, which they dominate.

3. Birds: marabou, marabou stork.

  • Latin: Leptoptilos crumeniferus.
  • A bird of the family Ciconiidae.
  • In English scientific usage, all elements of names of bird species require capital letters except for hyphenated adjectives where the second word is not capitalized, for example, Black-crowned Night Heron.
  • Do not confuse “marabou” with “marabout” (also known as: murābiṭ, murābiṭūn), originally, in North Africa, member of a Muslim religious community living in a ribāṭ, a fortified monastery, serving both religious and military functions.
  • French and Spanish equivalents respectively: marabout d’Afrique, marabout africain; marabú, marabú africano, cigüeña marabú.

4. In the field of Birds, do not confuse “marabou” with “adjutant stork” (also known as: Leptoptilos dubius, adjutant bird).

  • The adjutant stork (Leptoptilos dubius), or adjutant bird, of India and southeastern Asia, and the lesser adjutant (L. javanicus) are typical scavengers with naked pink skin on the head and neck.
  • Synonyms of “adjutant stork” (Leptoptilos dubius): greater adjutant, adjutant, greater adjutant stork. French and Spanish equivalents respectively: marabout argala, grand marabout, marabout indien; marabú argala.
  • Synonym of “lesser adjutant” (Leptoptilos javanicus): lesser adjutant stork. French and Spanish equivalents respectively: marabout d’Asie, marabout chevelu, petit marabout; marabú menor.

S: 1. MW – https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marabou (last access: 25 October 2024). 2. EncBrit – https://www.britannica.com/animal/marabou-bird (last access: 25 October 2024). 3. TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=MARABOU&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 25 October 2024); FCB. 4. EncBrit – https://www.britannica.com/animal/adjutant-stork (last access: 25 October 2024); GDT – https://vitrinelinguistique.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/fiche-gdt/fiche/8361940/marabout-argala, https://vitrinelinguistique.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/fiche-gdt/fiche/8361939/marabout-dasie (last access: 25 October 2024); FCB.

SYN: marabou stork

S: TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=MARABOU&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 25 October 2024); GDT – https://vitrinelinguistique.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/fiche-gdt/fiche/8361915/marabout-dafrique (last access: 25 October 2024); EncBrit – https://www.britannica.com/animal/marabou-bird (last access: 25 October 2024).

CR: bird