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Definition of Xema ridibundus

Xema ridibundus
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.
Xema ridibundus
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.]

Meaning of Xema ridibundus from wikipedia

- The black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) is a small gull that breeds in much of the Palearctic in Europe and Asia, and also locally in smaller...
- Chroicocephalus Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata class: Aves...
- gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus Black-headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Slender-billed gull Chroicocephalus genei Bonaparte's gull Chroicocephalus...
- The visually similar eggs of the black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) had long been used as a fraudulent counterfeit for luxury plover eggs...
- fish. Sabine's gull, Xema sabini (A) Bonaparte's gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus (A) Little gull, Hydrocoloeus...
- glaucoides Black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus Saunders's gull, Larus saundersi Relict gull, Larus relictus Sabine's gull, Xema sabini Ross's gull, Rhodostethia...
- maculipennis (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) 67 Black-headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Linnaeus, 1766) 65 Brown-headed gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus (Jerdon...
- eburnea (A) Sabine's gull, Xema sabini Bonaparte's gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia (A) Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus Little gull, Hydrocoloeus...
- Gygis alba Black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla (A) Sabine's gull, Xema sabini (A) Slender-billed gull, Chroicocephalus genei Brown-headed gull,...
- tridactyla Sabine's gull, Xema sabini (A) Bonaparte's gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia (A) Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus Little gull, Hydrocoloeus...