[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]