marabout

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

Etymology

From French marabout, from Portuguese maraboto, marabuto, from Moroccan Arabic مْرَابِط (mrabeṭ) (standard Arabic مُرَابِط (murābiṭ, “soldier stationed in fortified outpost”)).

In classic literature

Synonyms

marabou, marabou stork, Leptoptilus crumeniferus

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