Akademik

laughing owl

noun

almost extinct owl of New Zealand

• Syn: ↑laughing jackass, ↑Sceloglaux albifacies

• Hypernyms: ↑owl, ↑bird of Minerva, ↑bird of night, ↑hooter

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sceloglaux, ↑genus Sceloglaux

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noun

Etymology: laughing from present participle of laugh (I)

: a reddish-brown owl (Sceloglaux albifacies) of New Zealand that is almost extinct

Useful english dictionary. 2012.