different between africa vs marabou

Italian

Adjective

africa

1. feminine singular of africo

Latin

Adjective

?frica

1. nominative feminine singular of ?fricus
2. nominative neuter plural of ?fricus
3. accusative neuter plural of ?fricus
4. vocative feminine singular of ?fricus
5. vocative neuter plural of ?fricus

Adjective

?fric?

1. ablative feminine singular of ?fricus

References

• africa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• africa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• africa in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• africa in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• marabu

Etymology

From French marabou, an older spelling of marabout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæ??bu?/

Noun

marabou (plural marabous)

1. Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.
2. (dated, US, Louisiana) A person, five-eighths of whose ancestry is black; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.

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3. A kind of thrown raw silk, naturally nearly white, but capable of being dyed without scouring.
4. A thin fabric made from this silk, as for scarfs.

Synonyms

• (bird): adjutant stork, marabou stork

Coordinate terms

• (person of mixed race): see list in mulatto

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