Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Vansire
Van′sire (văn′sīr), n. [The native name: cf. F. vansire.] (Zoöl.) 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.