marabou / marabout [ˈmarəbu:]
marabou – n. – 1. a plume of soft, downy feathers from a stork; 2. a large, African stork, Leptoptilos crumeniferus; 3. very white, raw silk used in crepe weaving; 4. a multi-racial person – of 3/8 Caucasian and 5/8 Black African descent
marabout – n. – 1. a North-eastern African holy man or ascetic; 2. a shrine marking the burial place of such a person