noun
1. Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry
• Syn: ↑kookaburra, ↑Dacelo gigas
• Hypernyms: ↑kingfisher
• Member Holonyms: ↑Dacelo, ↑genus Dacelo
2. almost extinct owl of New Zealand
• Syn: ↑laughing owl, ↑Sceloglaux albifacies
• Hypernyms: ↑owl, ↑bird of Minerva, ↑bird of night, ↑hooter
• Member Holonyms: ↑Sceloglaux, ↑genus Sceloglaux
Useful english dictionary. 2012.