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laughingthrush

laughingthrush noun: any of a number of species of tropical birds in the family Leiothrichidae, found mainly in Asia.

laughingthrush: any of a number of species of tropical birds in the family Leiothrichidae, found mainly in Asia
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Noun

laughingthrush (plural laughingthrushes)

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

Forms of laughingthrush

plurallaughingthrushes
alternative formlaughing thrush

Origin of laughingthrush

From laughing + thrush.

Words formed from laughingthrush

Questions about laughingthrush

What does laughingthrush mean?
Laughingthrush means any of a number of species of tropical birds in the family Leiothrichidae, found mainly in Asia.
What part of speech is laughingthrush?
Laughingthrush is a noun.
What is the plural of laughingthrush?
The plural of laughingthrush is laughingthrushes.

Words near laughingthrush in the dictionary

  1. laughing-stocks
  2. laughingly
  3. laughings
  4. laughingstock
  5. laughingstocks
  6. laughingthrush
  7. laughingthrushes
  8. Laughland
  9. laughless
  10. laughlessness
  11. laughlike

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