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Nyctea Scandiaca
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.
Scandia
Scandia Scan"di*a, n. [NL. See Scandium.] (Chem.) A chemical earth, the oxide of scandium.

Meaning of Candia from wikipedia

- name Candia can refer to: The House of Candia, a noble family from Savoy (14th-16th) Alfredo Ovando Candía, 56th president of Bolivia Antoinette Candia-Bailey...
- of Candia (now Heraklion, Crete) was a military conflict in which Ottoman forces besieged the Venetian-ruled capital city of the Kingdom of Candia. Lasting...
- (Chándakas). 4. Candia: This name, derived from Chándax, was Latinized as Candia and adopted into other European languages: in Italian and Latin as Candia, in Spanish...
- Kingdom of Candia (Venetian: Regno de Càndia; Italian: Regno di Candia) or Duchy of Candia (Venetian: Dogado de Càndia; Italian: Ducato di Candia) was the...
- of Candia was a noble family from Savoy (14th–16th). It held a castle at Chambéry-Le-Vieux under the name "Château de Candie", in Arpitan: Cândia. François...
- Inkubus Sukkubus are an English goth and pagan rock band, formed in 1989 by Candia Ridley, Tony McKormack and Adam Henderson, who have been described as one...
- promoted advertising slogans like “La vie va de Candia en Candia” (“Life goes from Candia to Candia”). Candia’s growth strategy also involved establishing...
- Antoinette Bonnie Candia-Bailey (March 12, 1974 – January 8, 2024) was an American academic administrator who served in 2023 as the vice president for...
- Christian Di Candia Cuña (born 1981 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan politician, belonging to the Broad Front. From April 2019 till November 2020 he was the...
- sopranos of the 19th century. Her second husband was Giovanni Matteo Mario de Candia (also known as "Mario the Tenor"), scion of a noble family of the Kingdom...