Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Vansire \Van"sire\, n. [The native name: cf. F. vansire.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   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}.