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laughingthrush

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of a number of species of tropical birds in the family Leiothrichidae, found mainly in Asia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From laughing + thrush.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Catalan: xerraire — species
Chinese Mandarin: 噪鶥 /噪鹛 (zàoméi) — species
Finnish: pyrstötimali — species

Word forms

Inflections and variants

laughingthrushes — plural
laughing thrush — alternative

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: ashy-headed laughingthrush, Assam laughingthrush, bare-headed laughingthrush, barred laughingthrush, Bhutan laughingthrush, black-chinned laughingthrush, black-faced laughingthrush, black-hooded laughingthrush, black laughingthrush, black-throated laughingthrush, blue-crowned laughingthrush, blue-winged laughingthrush, brown-capped laughingthrush, brown-cheeked laughingthrush, buffy laughingthrush, Cambodian laughingthrush, chestnut-backed laughingthrush, chestnut-capped laughingthrush, chestnut-crowned laughingthrush, chestnut-eared laughingthrush, chestnut-hooded laughingthrush, Chinese hwamei, collared laughingthrush, Elliot's laughingthrush, giant laughingthrush, golden-winged laughingthrush, greater necklaced laughingthrush, grey laughingthrush, grey-sided laughingthrush, Kerala laughingthrush, Kon Tum black-hooded laughingthrush, lesser necklaced laughingthrush, Malayan laughingthrush, masked laughingthrush, moustached laughingthrush, orange-breasted laughingthrush, plain laughingthrush, red-tailed laughingthrush, red-winged laughingthrush, rufous-cheeked laughingthrush, rufous-chinned laughingthrush, rufous-crowned laughingthrush, rufous-fronted laughingthrush, rufous-necked laughingthrush, rufous-vented laughingthrush, rusty laughingthrush, scaly laughingthrush, silver-eared laughingthrush, snowy-cheeked laughingthrush, spot-breasted laughingthrush, spotted laughingthrush, streaked laughingthrush, striated laughingthrush, striped laughingthrush, Sumatran laughingthrush, Sunda laughingthrush, Taiwan hwamei, variegated laughingthrush, white-browed laughingthrush, white-cheeked laughingthrush, white-crested laughingthrush, white-necked laughingthrush, white-speckled laughingthrush, white-throated laughingthrush, white-whiskered laughingthrush, Wynaad laughingthrush, yellow-throated laughingthrush

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