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bateleur

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

noun

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bateleur1

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

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Example Sentences

There shrieked the great “Caffre eagle,” and side by side with him the short-tailed and singular “bateleur.”

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