Marabou-stork meaning : Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging. A person, five-eighths of whose ancestry is black; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe. A kind of thrown raw silk, naturally nearly white, but capable of being dyed without scouring. A thin fabric made from this silk, as for scarfs.