bateleur

[ bat-l-ur, bat-l-ur ]
/ ˌbæt lˈɜr, ˈbæt lˌɜr /

noun

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

Origin of bateleur

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

Example sentences from the Web for 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