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   Xenarthra
         n 1: armadillos; American anteaters; sloths [syn: {Xenarthra},
               {suborder Xenarthra}]

English Dictionary: Xenarthra by the DICT Development Group
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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pewit \Pe"wit\, n. [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. OD. piewit,
      D. kievit, G. kibitz.] (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The lapwing.
            (b) The European black-headed, or laughing, gull ({Xema
                  ridibundus}). See under {Laughing}.
            (c) The pewee. [Written also {peevit}, {peewit}, {pewet}.]
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