mara (mara)

[S. Amer.] The Patagonian cavy, Dolichotis patachonica. See cavy. marablanet, n. A corruption of myrobalan. Ford, Sun's Darling, ii. 1. maraboul (mar'a-bö), n. [Also marabout, mar bou; of fibers to marabou-feathers. marabou2 (mar'a-bö), n. [Louisiana F.] The variety of negro which springs from a mulatto and a griffe: so called by the French of Louisiana. Bartlett, American isms, p. 383. marabou-feathers (mar'a-bö-fern"ėrz), n. pl. Soft and downy feathers found under the wings and tail of the marabou-stork. They are much used for trimming women's gowns. marabou-stork (mar'a-bö-stôrk), n. A stork of the genus Lep top til us, 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. IMG:content-0224.jpg:[ocr errors] Marabout1 (mar'a-böt), n. [Also Maraboot; F. marabout = Sp. marabuto, morabito = Pg. marabuto, In the oases of the Sahara are chapels built over the remains of marabouts, or Mahometan saints. H. Spencer , Prin. of Sociol., § 138. marabout2 (mar'a-bö), п. Another form of maraboul . As broade as scullers maples that they make cleane their Maracaibo bark. See bark2 . boates with. Nashe, Lenten Stuffe (Harl. Misc., VI. 144). mapstick, n. See mopstick . map-turtle (map'tèrtl), n. A common pond- turtle of the United States, Malaclemmys geo- graphic us: so called from the markings markings of the shell.