marabou-stork

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A stork of the genus Leptoptilus, which furnishes the marabou-feathers of commerce. There are two species: the bird originally so named, L. marabou, a native of western Africa, and another, L. argala, common in India, where it is generally called the adjutant-bird. See cut under adjutant-bird.