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Cuniculus torquatus
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.

Meaning of Cuniculus from wikipedia

- Cuniculus may mean: Cuniculus (water channel), diversionary water channels of Ancient Rome Cuniculus (genus), zoological genus of the pacas, three species...
- The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) or coney is a species of rabbit native to the Iberian Peninsula (Spain, Portugal and Andorra) and southwestern...
- derived from cuniculus, a Latin term referring to rabbits which has been in use from at least the first century BCE in Hispania. The word cuniculus may originate...
- 200 ft) above sea level. Lowland paca, Cuniculus paca (Agouti paca) Mountain paca, Cuniculus taczanowskii Cuniculus hernandezi (a recent and disputed nomen...
- The domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus domesticus) is the domesticated form of the European rabbit, a member of the lagomorph order. A male rabbit...
- A cuniculus, plural cuniculi, is a diversionary water channel, used by ancient civilizations on the Italian Peninsula. As the general ancient Italian...
- The lowland paca (Cuniculus paca), also known as the spotted paca, is a large rodent found in tropical and sub-tropical America, from east-central Mexico...
- Tomarus cuniculus is a species of rhinoceros beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. "Tomarus cuniculus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved...
- in genus Agouti, but these animals were reclassified in 1998 as genus Cuniculus. The Spanish term is agutí. In Mexico, the agouti is called the sereque...
- be the origin of the extant species. Oryctolagus cuniculus - European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus domesticus - Domestic rabbit †Oryctolagus lacosti...