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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.