| slovo | definícia |
marabou
(encz) | marabou,marabu n: Zdeněk Brož |
Marabou
(gcide) | Marabou \Mar`a*bou"\ (m[a^]r"[.a]b[=oo]"), n. [F.]
1. (Zool.) 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 to trim garments; called also marabout. The
Asiatic species (Leptoptilos dubius, or {Leptoptilos
argala}) is the adjutant. See Adjutant. [Written also
marabu.]
[1913 Webster]
2. One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a
mulatto and a griffe. [Louisiana] --Bartlett.
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3. 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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
marabou
(wn) | marabou
n 1: large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its
downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments [syn:
marabou, marabout, marabou stork, {Leptoptilus
crumeniferus}]
2: the downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming
garments |
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marabout
(mass) | marabout
- marabu |
marabou stork
(encz) | marabou stork, n: |
marabout
(encz) | marabout,marabut n: Zdeněk Brož |
Marabou
(gcide) | Marabou \Mar`a*bou"\ (m[a^]r"[.a]b[=oo]"), n. [F.]
1. (Zool.) 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 to trim garments; called also marabout. The
Asiatic species (Leptoptilos dubius, or {Leptoptilos
argala}) is the adjutant. See Adjutant. [Written also
marabu.]
[1913 Webster]
2. One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a
mulatto and a griffe. [Louisiana] --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]
3. 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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Marabou stork
(gcide) | Stork \Stork\, n. [AS. storc; akin to G. storch, OHG. storah,
Icel. storkr, Dan. & Sw. stork, and perhaps to Gr. ? a
vulture.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of large wading birds of the
family Ciconidae, having long legs and a long, pointed
bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America,
and belong to Ciconia and several allied genera. The
European white stork (Ciconia alba) is the best known. It
commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney,
a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork ({Ciconia
nigra}) is native of Asia, Africa, and Europe.
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Black-necked stork, the East Indian jabiru.
Hair-crested stork, the smaller adjutant of India
(Leptoptilos Javanica).
Giant stork, the adjutant.
Marabou stork. See Marabou. -- Saddle-billed stork, the
African jabiru. See Jabiru.
Stork's bill (Bot.), any plant of the genus Pelargonium;
-- so called in allusion to the beaklike prolongation of
the axis of the receptacle of its flower. See
Pelargonium.
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marabout
(gcide) | Marabou \Mar`a*bou"\ (m[a^]r"[.a]b[=oo]"), n. [F.]
1. (Zool.) 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 to trim garments; called also marabout. The
Asiatic species (Leptoptilos dubius, or {Leptoptilos
argala}) is the adjutant. See Adjutant. [Written also
marabu.]
[1913 Webster]
2. One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a
mulatto and a griffe. [Louisiana] --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]
3. 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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]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.
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2. (Zool.) The marabou[1].
[PJC] |
Marabout
(gcide) | Marabou \Mar`a*bou"\ (m[a^]r"[.a]b[=oo]"), n. [F.]
1. (Zool.) 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 to trim garments; called also marabout. The
Asiatic species (Leptoptilos dubius, or {Leptoptilos
argala}) is the adjutant. See Adjutant. [Written also
marabu.]
[1913 Webster]
2. One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a
mulatto and a griffe. [Louisiana] --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]
3. 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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]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] |
marabou stork
(wn) | marabou stork
n 1: large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its
downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments [syn:
marabou, marabout, marabou stork, {Leptoptilus
crumeniferus}] |
marabout
(wn) | marabout
n 1: large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its
downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments [syn:
marabou, marabout, marabou stork, {Leptoptilus
crumeniferus}] |
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