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‖ lammervanger S. Afr.|ˈlaməfaŋə(r)|
Also laemer-vanger, lamvanger.
[Afrikaans, f. lam lamb + vanger catcher.]
The martial eagle, Polemaetus bellicosus, or the African lammergeyer or bearded vulture, Gypaetus barbatus meridionalis.
1830S. Afr. Q. Jrnl. Jan./Apr. 105 Gypaetus Barbatus, Cuv.—Arend and Lammervanger of the Colonists. 1835A. Steedman Wanderings S. Afr. II. i. 7 Others [sc. jackals] had been destroyed by the Læmer-vanger, or bearded vulture. 1846J. C. Brown tr. Arbousset & Daumas's Narr. Tour N.-E. of Cape Good Hope xxi. 220 The English of the Cape call it the golden eagle.., and the Dutch farmers, lamvanger, or lamb seizer, because it is accustomed to seize, and carry off to its aerie, a lamb or kid. 1920F. C. Cornell Glamour of Prospecting xii. 205, I had wasted a shot on a splendid lammer-vanger, a fine specimen of an eagle. 1944V. Pohl Adventures Boer Family xiii. 79 The lammervanger is one of the wariest, shyest and most keen-eyed of all birds. 1959Cape Times 20 June 2/3 Mr. Sonny Waks..saw an eagle—commonly known as a lammer⁓vanger—catching one of his young lambs. 1970Daily News (Durban) 4 June 21 A 13-year-old White youth captured a long taloned golden eagle (lammer⁓vanger) with his bare hands. |