[syn: snow bunting, snowbird, snowflake, Plectrophenax nivalis]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Snowbird \Snow"bird\, n. (Zool.)
(a) An arctic finch (Plectrophenax nivalis syn.
Plectrophanes nivalis) common, in winter, both in
Europe and the United States, and often appearing in
large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white,
but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also
snow bunting, snowflake, snowfleck, and
snowflight.
(b) Any finch of the genus Junco which appears in flocks in
winter time, especially Junco hyemalis in the Eastern
United States; -- called also blue snowbird. See
Junco.
(c) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Snowflake \Snow"flake`\, n.
1. A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow.
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2. (Zool.) See Snowbird, 1.
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3. (Bot.) A name given to several bulbous plants of the genus
Leucoium (Leucoium vernum, Leucoium aestivum, etc.)
resembling the snowdrop, but having all the perianth
leaves of equal size.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
snowflake
n 1: a crystal of snow [syn: snowflake, flake]
2: white Arctic bunting [syn: snow bunting, snowbird,
snowflake, Plectrophenax nivalis]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "snowflake":
avalanche, blizzard, crystal, driven snow, flake, flurry,
granular snow, igloo, mantle of snow, mogul, slosh, slush, snow,
snow banner, snow bed, snow blanket, snow blast, snow fence,
snow flurry, snow roller, snow slush, snow squall, snow wreath,
snow-crystal, snowball, snowbank, snowbridge, snowcap, snowdrift,
snowfall, snowfield, snowland, snowman, snowscape, snowshed,
snowslide, snowslip, snowstorm, wet snow
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Snowflake, AZ -- U.S. town in Arizona
Population (2000): 4460
Housing Units (2000): 1536
Land area (2000): 30.807270 sq. miles (79.790459 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.052093 sq. miles (0.134919 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 30.859363 sq. miles (79.925378 sq. km)
FIPS code: 67800
Located within: Arizona (AZ), FIPS 04
Location: 34.511187 N, 110.082974 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 85937
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Snowflake, AZ
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