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Original entry ↗adj
Marked by snow; characterized by snow. · Covered with snow; snow-covered; besnowed. · Snow-white in color; white as snow.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySynonym of snowy owl. · Synonym of snowy egret.
From Middle English snowy, snawy; from Old English snāwiġ. By surface analysis, snow + -y.
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