bateleur
[ bat-l-ur, bat-l-ur ]
noun
a common African eagle, Terathopius ecaudatus, having a very short tail.
Origin of bateleur
11860–65; <French: mountebank, juggler; Old French bastelleur
Words Nearby bateleur
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How to use bateleur in a sentence
There shrieked the great “Caffre eagle,” and side by side with him the short-tailed and singular “bateleur.”
The Bush Boys | Captain Mayne Reid
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