Noun: laughing jackass 'lã-fing'jak,as
- Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry
"The laughing jackass's laugh-like call is often associated with the Australian bush";
- kookaburra, Dacelo gigas
- An extinct owl species formerly native to New Zealand
"The last confirmed sighting of laughing jackass was in 1914";
- laughing owl, Sceloglaux albifacies
Derived forms: laughing jackasses
Type of: bird of Minerva, bird of night, hooter, kingfisher, owl
Part of: Dacelo, genus Dacelo, genus Sceloglaux, Sceloglaux
Encyclopedia: Laughing jackass