bateleur

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

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

Origin of bateleur

1
1860–65; <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