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Meaning of laughing owl | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An owl (Sceloglaux albifacies) of New Zealand, now probably extinct, named for its cry.

Equivalents

Suomi kirkupöllö

Русский новозела́ндская сова́-хохоту́нья смею́щаяся сова́

Examples

“Other birds, such as the emblematically distinctive huia and the laughing owl, followed soon after.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

laughing sickness laughing soup laughing stalk laughing stock laughing tackle laughing turtle dove

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