jackass : Idioms & Phrases

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Jackass bark

  • (Naut.), a three-masted vessel, with only the foremast square-rigged; a barkentine.
Webster 1913

jackass bat

  • noun a large bat of the southwestern United States having spots and enormous ears
    spotted bat; Euderma maculata.
WordNet

Jackass deer

  • (Zoöl.), the koba.
Webster 1913

Jackass hare, Jackass rabbit

  • (Zoöl.). See Jack rabbit, under 2d Jack, n.
Webster 1913

Jackass penguin

  • noun small penguin of South America and southern Africa with a braying call
    Spheniscus demersus.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), any species of penguin of the genus Spheniscus, of which several are known. One species (S. demersus) inhabits the islands near the Cape of Good Hope; another (S. Magellanicus) is found at the Falkland Islands. They make a noise like the braying of an ass; hence the name.
Webster 1913

Laughing jackass

  • noun Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry
    kookaburra; Dacelo gigas.
  • noun almost extinct owl of New Zealand
    Sceloglaux albifacies; laughing owl.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), the great brown kingfisher (Dacelo gigas), of Australia; called also giant kingfisher, and gogobera.
Webster 1913