maribou
English
editNoun
editmaribou (plural maribous)
- Alternative spelling of marabou
- 1896, Parker Gillmore, Leaves from a Sportsman's Diary, page 256:
- […] were feeding not only giraffes, but several herds of the larger antelopes, among whom stalked, with measured pace, a large number of secretary birds, Kaffir and white storks, maribous, the charming crested cranes, and innumerable egrets.
- 1987, Helen Shaw, Fly-Tying, →ISBN, page 254:
- Tips of maribou feathers are used whole for the wings of streamer flies.
- 2011, Ben West, Cameroon, →ISBN, page 231:
- Birdlife at the park is prolic – around 375 species in total – which include eagle, hornbill, black-crowned crane, maribous, pelican, duck, goose, ostrich, heron, stork and guineafowl.