Laughing jackass Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry
    kookaburra; Dacelo gigas.
  2. noun almost extinct owl of New Zealand
    Sceloglaux albifacies; laughing owl.

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Definitions
  1. . (Zoöl.) See under Laughing.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.), the great brown kingfisher (Dacelo gigas), of Australia; called also giant kingfisher, and gogobera.

Webster 1913