Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   {Laughing goose} (Zo["o]l.), the European white-fronted
      goose.

   {Laughing gull}. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) A common European gull ({Xema ridibundus}); -- called
       also {pewit}, {black cap}, {red-legged gull}, and {sea
       crow}.
   (b) An American gull ({Larus atricilla}). In summer the head
       is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer
       primaries black.

   {Laughing hyena} (Zo["o]l.), the spotted hyena. See {Hyena}.
      

   {Laughing jackass} (Zo["o]l.), the great brown kingfisher
      ({Dacelo gigas}), of Australia; -- called also {giant
      kingfisher}, and {gogobera}.

   {Laughing owl} (Zo["o]l.), a peculiar owl ({Sceloglaux
      albifacies}) of New Zealand, said to be on the verge of
      extinction. The name alludes to its notes.

Pewit \Pe"wit\, n. [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. OD. piewit,
   D. kievit, G. kibitz.] (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) The lapwing.
      (b) The European black-headed, or laughing, gull ({Xema
          ridibundus}). See under {Laughing}.
      (c) The pewee. [Written also {peevit}, {peewit}, {pewet}.]