marabou

noun4

1. •
   Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.
2. •
   A kind of thrown raw silk, naturally nearly white, but capable of being dyed without scouring.
3. •
   A thin fabric made from this silk, as for scarves.
4. •
   (US, old-fashioned) A person having five-eighths black ancestry; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.

   • Madimarian , a Marabou, killed me a bullock; I give him one bottle of powder. — 1815