laughing jackass : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: laughing jackass	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for laughing jackass
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
laughing jackass n Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry [syn: kookaburra, laughing jackass, Dacelo gigas] almost extinct owl of New Zealand Synonym(s): laughing owl, laughing jackass, Sceloglaux albifacies
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jackass \Jack"ass`\, n. [2d jack + ass.] 1. The male ass; a donkey. 2. A conceited dolt; a perverse blockhead. {Jackass bark} (Naut.), a three-masted vessel, with only the foremast square-rigged; a barkentine. {Jackass deer} (Zo[94]l.), the koba. {Jackass hare}, {Jackass rabbit} (Zo[94]l.). See {Jack rabbit}, under 2d {Jack}, n. {Jackass penguin} (Zo[94]l.), any species of penguin of the genus {Spheniscus}, of which several are known. One species ({S. demersus}) inhabits the islands near the Cape of Good Hope; another ({S. Magellanicus}) is found at the Falkland Islands. They make a noise like the braying of an ass; -- hence the name. {Laughing jackass}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Laughing}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Laughing goose} (Zo[94]l.), the European white-fronted goose. {Laughing gull}. (Zo[94]l.) (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} (Zo[94]l.), the spotted hyena. See {Hyena}. {Laughing jackass} (Zo[94]l.), the great brown kingfisher ({Dacelo gigas}), of Australia; -- called also {giant kingfisher}, and {gogobera}. {Laughing owl} (Zo[94]l.), a peculiar owl ({Sceloglaux albifacies}) of New Zealand, said to be on the verge of extinction. The name alludes to its notes.