snowy

  • 111Snowy — /ˈsnoʊi/ (say snohee) noun (a nickname for someone with fair hair.) Also, Snow, Snowie …

  • 112snowy — /ˈsnoʊi/ (say snohee) adjective (snowier, snowiest) 1. covered with snow. 2. characterised by snow, as weather, etc. 3. consisting of snow; relating to or resembling snow. 4. snow white. 5. immaculate; unsullied; stainless. –snowily, adverb… …

  • 113snowy egret — noun Date: 1859 a white American egret (Egretta thula) having a slender black bill, black legs, and yellow feet …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 114snowy owl — noun Date: 1781 a large ground nesting diurnal arctic owl (Nyctea scandiaca) that enters the chiefly northern parts of the United States in winter and has plumage that is sometimes nearly pure white but usually with brownish spots or bars …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 115snowy plover — noun Date: 1872 a small plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) of the Gulf coast and the eastern United States and Mexico that is light gray above with a black bill, black patches on the head and sides of the neck, and white underparts …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 116Snowy Mountains — geographical name mountains SE Australia in SE New South Wales …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 117snowy egret — a white egret, Egretta thula, of the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere: formerly hunted in great numbers for its plumes, the species is now protected and has recovered. [1890 95, Amer.] * * * White New World egret (Egretta thula; family… …

    Universalium

  • 118snowy egret — noun A small heron, Egretta thula, having white plumage …

    Wiktionary

  • 119snowy owl — noun a large, white, nomadic Arctic owl, Bubo scandiacus …

    Wiktionary

  • 120snowy mespilus — noun a white flowered shrub or small tree, often grown as an ornamental. [Amelanchier vulgaris and related species, formerly in the genus Mespilus.] Origin mod. L. Mespilus, from L. mespilus medlar tree …

    English new terms dictionary