Noun: marabou stork
- Large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments
"The marabou stork scavenged alongside vultures at the carcass";
- marabou, marabout, Leptoptilus crumeniferus
Derived forms: marabou storks
Type of: stork
Part of: genus Leptoptilus, Leptoptilus
Encyclopedia: Marabou stork