Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The green woodpecker, Gecinus viridis. See
highhoe .
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Examples
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The laughing-bird (whose note can only be compared to the ha! ha! ha! of a hearty laughing companion) was the first to salute the explorers in the morning.
The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant Ida Lee 1904
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"Pooh! it is but the great kingfisher, the laughing-bird of the
A Strange Story — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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"Pooh! it is but the great kingfisher, the laughing-bird of the
A Strange Story — Volume 07 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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