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What is a marabou?

What is a marabou? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.
  2. (dated, US, Louisiana) A person, five-eighths of whose ancestry is black; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.
  3. A kind of thrown raw silk, naturally nearly white, but capable of being dyed without scouring.
  4. A thin fabric made from this silk, as for scarfs.
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I had an immensely complicated pattern to imitate them, carved out of spun marabou with knotted black eyeballs of ostrich herl.
A long, narrow tulip-shaped suede coat worn with marabou hat and boots opened a show strong on couture-like pieces.
Generally the marabou is too long for using in competitions so, once it is secure, pinch off the excess with your fingers.
And most of all, if she does dress up as a shoe, we'd like her to be a leopard-print thigh-high boot, or a marabou slipper-stiletto.
And we had him clothed in this ugly pink nightgown, this noxiously ratty looking dirty blonde wig, red marabou, and orange fuzzy slippers.
How can I ever hold my head up in a wig, tiara, glitter, and marabou again?

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