noun
- an Australian kingfisher, Dacelo gigas, having a loud, harsh cry that resembles laughter.
noun
- Also called: laughing jackass a large arboreal Australian kingfisher, Dacelo novaeguineae (or gigas), with a cackling cry
- Also called: blue-winged kookaburra a related smaller bird D. Leachii, of tropical Australia and New Guinea
1890, from a native Australian word.