Laughing /(?)/
Laugh·ing
Laughing
a. & n.
- from Laugh, v. i.
Phrases & Compounds
- Laughing falcon
- a South American hawk (Herpetotheres cachinnans); -- so called from its notes, which resemble a shrill laugh.
- Laughing gas
- nitrous oxide, also called hyponitrous oxide, or protoxide of nitrogen; -- so called from the exhilaration and laughing which it sometimes produces when inhaled. It has been much used as an anaesthetic agent, though now its use is primarily in dentistry
- Laughing goose
- the European white-fronted goose.
- Laughing gull
- A common European gull (Xema ridibundus); -- called also pewit, black cap, red-legged gull, and sea crow.
- Laughing hyena
- the spotted hyena. See Hyena.
- Laughing jackass
- the great brown kingfisher (Dacelo gigas), of Australia; -- called also giant kingfisher, and gogobera.
- Laughing owl
- a peculiar owl (Sceloglaux albifacies) of New Zealand, said to be on the verge of extinction. The name alludes to its notes.