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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...
- tridactyla Sabine's gull, Xema sabini (A) Bonaparte's gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia (A) Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus Little gull, Hydrocoloeus...
- eburnea (R) Sabine's gull, Xema sabini (R) Bonaparte's gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus Little gull, Hydrocoleus...
- gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus Black-headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Slender-billed gull Chroicocephalus genei Bonaparte's gull Chroicocephalus...
- eburnea (R) Sabine's gull, Xema sabini (R) Bonaparte's gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus Little gull, Hydrocoloeus...
- fish. Sabine's gull, Xema sabini (A) Silver gull, Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus (A) Laughing gull, Leucophaeus...
- fish. Sabine's gull, Xema sabini (A) Silver gull, Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus (A) Franklin's gull, Leucophaeus...
- dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Common black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus Bonaparte's gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia Herring gull, Larus argentatus...
- tridactyla (A) Sabine's gull, Xema sabini (A) Slender-billed gull, Chroicocephalus genei Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus Brown-headed gull, Chroicocephalus...
- Rhodostethia rosea (A) Royal tern, Thal****eus maximus (A) Sabine's gull, Xema sabini Sandwich tern, Thal****eus sandvicensis (A) (sight record only) Short-billed...