laughing jackass

noun

The laughing kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae.

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jackass kingfishergogoberakookaburraDacelo gigaslaughing owlSceloglaux albifacies
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Meanings

nounlaughing jackass (plural laughing jackasses)

plural laughing jackasses

  1. AustraliaobsoleteThe laughing kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae.

    Synonyms: jackass kingfisher, gogobera

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe laughing kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae.

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jackass kingfishergogobera

More synonyms by meaning

nounAustralian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry

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kookaburraDacelo gigas
Broader
kingfisher

nounalmost extinct owl of New Zealand

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laughing owlSceloglaux albifacies
Broader
owlbird of Minervabird of night
Also see
goburrakookaburralaughing kookaburralaughing owl

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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MLA

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Chicago

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