2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Snowy  \Snow"y\,  a. 
  1.  White  like  snow.  ``So  shows  a  snowy  dove  trooping  with 
  crows.''  --Shak. 
 
  2.  Abounding  with  snow;  covered  with  snow.  ``The  snowy  top  of 
  cold  Olympus.''  --Milton. 
 
  3.  Fig.:  Pure;  unblemished;  unstained;  spotless. 
 
  There  did  he  lose  his  snowy  innocence.  --J.  Hall 
  (1646). 
 
  {Snowy  heron}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  white  heron,  or  egret  ({Ardea 
  candidissima}),  found  in  the  Southern  United  States,  and 
  southward  to  Chili;  --  called  also  {plume  bird}. 
 
  {Snowy  lemming}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  collared  lemming  ({Cuniculus 
  torquatus}),  which  turns  white  in  winter. 
 
  {Snowy  owl}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  large  arctic  owl  ({Nyctea 
  Scandiaca},  or  {N.  nivea})  common  all  over  the  northern 
  parts  of  the  United  States  and  Europe  in  winter  time.  Its 
  plumage  is  sometimes  nearly  pure  white,  but  it  is  usually 
  more  or  less  marked  with  blackish  spots.  Called  also 
  {white  owl}. 
 
  {Snowy  plover}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  small  plover  ({[AE]gialitis 
  nivosa})  of  the  western  parts  of  the  United  States  and 
  Mexico.  It  is  light  gray  above,  with  the  under  parts  and 
  portions  of  the  head  white. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  snowy 
  adj  1:  marked  by  the  presence  of  snow;  "a  white  Christmas";  "the 
  white  hills  of  a  northern  winter"  [syn:  {white}] 
  2:  covered  with  snow;  "snow-clad  hills";  "snow-covered  roads"; 
  "a  long  snowy  winter"  [syn:  {snow-clad},  {snow-covered}] 
  3:  the  white  color  of  snow  [syn:  {snow-white}] 

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