Large crested Old World plover

• Shrill-voiced cousin of a plover
• Plover named for its call
• Exercise intelligence of bird
• Small black-headed European gull
• Northern lapwing
• Lapwing gull

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context UK English) (alternative form of peewit English)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Laughing \Laugh"ing\, a. & n. from Laugh , v. i. Laughing falcon (Zo["o]l.), a South American hawk ( Herpetotheres cachinnans ); -- so called from its notes, which resemble a shrill laugh. Laughing gas (Chem.), hyponitrous oxide, or protoxide of nitrogen ...