dassievanger S. Afr.
(ˈdæsɪvæŋə(r), ‖ ˈdasifaŋər)
[Afrikaans, f. prec. + vanger catcher.]
Quot. 1867 identifies the bird with the popular name of 1 and the scientific name of 2.
1. The bateleur eagle, Terathopius ecaudatus. Cf. berghaan.
| 1867 [see berghaan]. 1889 H. A. Bryden Kloof & Karoo 273 A great black mountain eagle. We know him at once for a berghaan (cock of the mountain), or dassie-vanger (coney-eater). 1893 A. Newton Dict. Birds 132 Dassie-vanger (Coney-catcher), the Dutch name for an Eagle in South Africa, adopted by English residents. |
2. A large, black bird of prey with a Y-shaped white mark on the rump, Aquila Verreauxi, found in S. and N.E. Africa and in Palestine.
| 1951 Cape Argus 20 Oct. (Mag.) 2/4 Most difficult of all birds to shoot, Hoesch found, was the black eagle or dassievanger. |