bateleur

[bat-l-ur, bat-l-ur]

noun

a common African eagle, Terathopius ecaudatus, having a very short tail.

Origin of bateleur

1860–65; < French: mountebank, juggler; Old French bastelleur

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Historical Examples of bateleur

There shrieked the great “Caffre eagle,” and side by side with him the short-tailed and singular “bateleur.”
The Bush Boys
Captain Mayne Reid