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bateleur
[ bat-l-ur, bat-l-ur ]
/ ˌbæt lˈɜr, ˈbæt lˌɜr /
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noun
a common African eagle, Terathopius ecaudatus, having a very short tail.
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Origin of bateleur
1860–65; <French: mountebank, juggler; Old French bastelleur
Words nearby bateleur
batch processing, bate, bat-eared, bateau, bateau neck, bateleur, bateleur eagle, batement light, Bates, Batesian mimicry, Bateson
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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