vansire

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vansire - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Vansire \Van"sire\, n. [The native name: cf. F. vansire.]
     (Zool.)
     An ichneumon (Herpestes galera) native of Southern Africa
     and Madagascar. It is reddish brown or dark brown, grizzled
     with white. Called also vondsira, and marsh ichneumon.
     [1913 Webster]