berghaann.
/ˈbəːɡhɑːn/, U.S. /ˈbərɡˌhɑn/, South African English /ˈbɛːxhɑːn/, /ˈbɛːɡhɑːn/, /ˈbɜːɡhɑːn/ South African.
A South African eagle, esp. the bateleur eagle, Terathopius ecaudatus.
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1867 E. L. Layard Birds S. Afr. 11 Aquila Verreauxii..Dassie Vanger and Berghaan of Colonists... It is called ‘Dassie Vanger’ (coney-eater) and ‘Berghaan’ (mountain-cock) by the colonists, from feeding principally on the coney, or rock-rabbit (Hyrax capensis).
1889 H. A. Bryden Kloof & Karroo 273 Suddenly..comes..a great black mountain eagle. We know him at once for a berghaan.
1893 A. Newton Dict. Birds Berghaan (Mountain-cock), the name given to some of the larger Eagles, and especially to the beautiful Helotarsus ecaudatus..by the Dutch colonists in South Africa.
1910 J. Buchan Prester John viii. 146 A brace of white berghaan circled far up in the blue.
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