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||Ma"ra, n. [Icel. mara
nightmare, an ogress. See Nightmare.] (Norse Myth.)
A female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on
their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.

||Ma"ra, n. (Zoöl.)
The Patagonian cavy (Dolichotis Patagonicus).

Mar`a*bou" (?), n. [F.]
1. (Zoöl.) A large stork of the
genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia), esp. the African
species (L. crumenifer), which furnishes plumes worn as
ornaments. The Asiatic species (L. dubius, or L.
argala) is the adjutant. See Adjutant. [Written also
marabu.]

2. One having five eighths negro blood; the
offspring of a mulatto and a griffe. [Louisiana]
Bartlett.

Marabout" (?), n. [F., from Pg.
marabuto, Ar. morābit. Cf. Maravedi.]
A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures
supernaturally.


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