Vansire

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]