bateleur eagle

British

/ ˈbætəlɜː /

noun

an African crested bird of prey, Terathopius ecaudatus , with a short tail and long wings: subfamily Circaetinae , family Accipitridae (hawks, etc)

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Etymology

Origin of bateleur eagle

C19: from French bateleur juggler

Example Sentences

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Second lead author Philip Shaw, honorary research fellow at the University of St. Andrewsʻ Centre for Biological Diversity in Scotland, points to the native bateleur eagle to illustrate the depth of the loss.

From National Geographic

As an illustration of this, we might mention the wild-hound, the hyrax, the zerda, the fennec, the gnoo, and the aard-vark; and among birds, the serpent-eater, the bateleur eagle, and several other kinds.

From Project Gutenberg

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