maribou
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "[…] 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."
- "Tips of maribou feathers are used whole for the wings of streamer flies."
- "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."