vansire

Borrowed from French vansire, from Malagasy vontsira.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvænsɪə(ɹ)/

vansire (plural vansires)

1. (zoology) An ichneumon, Atilax paludinosus (syn. Herpestes galera), native to Africa and Madagascar. It is reddish brown or dark brown, grizzled with white.

• (Atilax paludinosus): vondsira, water mongoose, marsh mongoose, marsh ichneumon

• Marsh mongoose on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Atilax paludinosus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Atilax paludinosus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• Servian, ravines

van- (“mis-”) +‎ sire (“decorate”)

vansire (imperative vansir, infinitive at vansire, present tense vansirer, past tense vansirede, perfect tense vansiret)

1. to disfigure (make less visually beautiful)

• “vansire” in Den Danske Ordbog