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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry;
[syn: kookaburra, laughing jackass, Dacelo gigas]

2. almost extinct owl of New Zealand;
[syn: laughing owl, laughing jackass, Sceloglaux albifacies]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Jackass \Jack"ass`\, n. [2d jack + ass.] [1913 Webster] 1. The male ass; a donkey. [1913 Webster] 2. A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead; -- disparaging and offensive. [1913 Webster] Jackass bark (Naut.), a three-masted vessel, with only the foremast square-rigged; a barkentine. Jackass deer (Zool.), the koba. Jackass hare, Jackass rabbit (Zool.). See Jack rabbit, under 2d Jack, n. Jackass penguin (Zool.), any species of penguin of the genus Spheniscus, of which several are known. One species (Spheniscus demersus) inhabits the islands near the Cape of Good Hope; another (Spheniscus Magellanicus) is found at the Falkland Islands. They make a noise like the braying of an ass; -- hence the name. Laughing jackass. (Zool.) See under Laughing. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Laughing \Laugh"ing\, a. & n. from Laugh, v. i. [1913 Webster] Laughing falcon (Zool.), a South American hawk (Herpetotheres cachinnans); -- so called from its notes, which resemble a shrill laugh. Laughing gas (Chem.), nitrous oxide, also called hyponitrous oxide, or protoxide of nitrogen; -- so called from the exhilaration and laughing which it sometimes produces when inhaled. It has been much used as an anaesthetic agent, though now its use is primarily in dentistry Laughing goose (Zool.), the European white-fronted goose. Laughing gull. (Zool.) (a) A common European gull (Xema ridibundus); -- called also pewit, black cap, red-legged gull, and sea crow. (b) An American gull (Larus atricilla). In summer the head is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer primaries black. Laughing hyena (Zool.), the spotted hyena. See Hyena. Laughing jackass (Zool.), the great brown kingfisher (Dacelo gigas), of Australia; -- called also giant kingfisher, and gogobera. Laughing owl (Zool.), a peculiar owl (Sceloglaux albifacies) of New Zealand, said to be on the verge of extinction. The name alludes to its notes. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

laughing jackass n 1: Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry [syn: kookaburra, laughing jackass, Dacelo gigas] 2: almost extinct owl of New Zealand [syn: laughing owl, laughing jackass, Sceloglaux albifacies]