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Webster 1913 Edition


Vansire

Van′sire

,
Noun.
[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
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Vansire

VAN'SIRE

,
Noun.
In zoology, a species of weasel with short ears, found in Madagascar.

Definition 2024


vansire

vansire

English

a vansire (Atilax paludinosus)

Noun

vansire (plural vansires)

  1. (zoology) An ichneumon, Atilax paludinosus (syn. Herpestes galera), native to Africa and Madagascar. It is reddish brown or dark brown, grizzled with white.

Synonyms


Danish

Verb

vansire

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