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AEgialitis nivosa 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.
AEgialitis vocifera Killdee Kill"dee`, Killdeer Kill"deer`, n. [So named from
its notes.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small American plover ([AE]gialitis vocifera).
Note: It is dark grayish brown above; the rump and upper tail
coverts are yellowish rufous; the belly, throat, and a
line over the eyes, white; a ring round the neck and
band across the breast, black.
cephalitis Phrenitis Phre*ni"tis, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ?, ?.]
1. (Med.) Inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of
the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium; --
called also cephalitis.
2. See Frenzy.
Cephalitis Cephalitis Ceph`a*li"tis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? head + -itis.]
(Med.)
Same as Phrenitis.
Encephalitis Encephalitis En*ceph`a*li"tis, n. [NL., from Gr. ? the brain +
-itis.] (Med.)
Inflammation of the brain. -- En`ceph*a*lit"ic, a.
