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LAUGHING OWL

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Dictionary entry overview: What does laughing owl mean?

• LAUGHING OWL (noun)
The noun LAUGHING OWL has 1 sense:

1. almost extinct owl of New Zealand

Familiarity information: LAUGHING OWL used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LAUGHING OWL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Almost extinct owl of New Zealand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

laughing owl; Sceloglaux albifacies; laughing jackass

Hypernyms ("laughing owl" is a kind of...):

bird of Minerva; bird of night; hooter; owl (nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes)

Holonyms ("laughing owl" is a member of...):

genus Sceloglaux; Sceloglaux (a genus of Strigidae)

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