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Definition of Nyctea Scandiaca

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.

Meaning of Nyctea Scandiaca from wikipedia

- Strix scandiaca. The genus name Bubo is Latin for "horned owl" and scandiacus is Neo-Latin for "of Scandinavia". The former generic name Nyctea is derived...
- aberrant protrusion of the nictitating membrane in the snowy owl (Nyctea scandiaca)". Veterinary Ophthalmology. 6 (1): 11–13. doi:10.1046/j.1463-5224...
- Eurasian sparrowhawk Strix (owls) Strix bubo – Eurasian eagle-owl Strix scandiaca – snowy owl Strix asio – eastern screech owl Strix otus – long-eared owl...
- displaying the group's name and crest. The crest features a snowy owl (Nyctea scandiaca), the official bird of the Province of Québec. Because of their proximity...
- NPR. Retrieved 7 March 2010. John White (2001-02-17). "Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)003 – Silly lookingface". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27...
- Jugendentwicklung des Uhus (Bubo bubo) mit Vergleichen zu der von Schneeule (Nyctea scandiaca) und Sumpfohreule (Asio flammeus)". Bonner zoologische Beiträge. 25:...
- Gules doubled Argent within a wreath Argent and Gules a Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) proper holding in its dexter talon a flash of lightning Gules. Escutcheon...
- (1957). "The behaviour, breeding, and food-ecology of the snowy owl Nyctea scandiaca". Ibis. 99 (3): 419–462. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1957.tb01959.x. Kasambe...
- melanocephalus), red billed quelea (Quelea quelea) H. noctuae — snowy owls (Nyctea scandiaca), spotted owl (Strix occidentalis) H. orioli — golden oriole (Oriolus...
- Sunda scops-owl, Otus lempiji Eurasian eagle owl, Bubo bubo Snowy owl, Nyctea scandiaca Himalayan owl, Strix nivicolum Ural owl, Strix uralensis Northern hawk...