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Snowy heron
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 Snowy heron from wikipedia

- The snowy egret (Egretta thula) is a small white heron. The genus name comes from Provençal French for the little egret, aigrette, which is a diminutive...
- The Snowy Heron (白鷺, Shirasagi) is a 1958 ****anese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. Fujiko Yamamoto...
- include the tricolored heron, little egret, snowy egret, and black-crowned night heron. Of these four, only the black-crowned night heron is not a member of...
- Puffin, #293 The Black-Backed Gull, #241 The Yellow Shank, #288 The Snowy Heron, #242 The Forked-Tailed Petrel, #260 The Brown Pelican, #251 The Great...
- Shipbuilding Corp.), Kobe December 1903 1904 struck 1923 and broken up Sagi ("snowy heron") 21 December 1903 1904 struck 1923, broken up 1925 Uzura ("quail") 29...
- Egrets (/ˈiːɡrəts/ EE-grəts) are herons, generally long-legged wading birds, that have white or buff plumage, developing fine plumes (usually milky white)...
- The snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus), also known as the polar owl, the white owl and the Arctic owl, is a large, white owl of the true owl family. Snowy owls...
- Naruto 1957: A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love 1957: Floating Vessel 1958: The Snowy Heron 1958: Symphony of Love 1963: Bronze Magician' "衣笠貞之助 (Teinosuke Kinugasa)"...
- (Rapsódia Portuguesa) by João Mendes Room at the Top by Jack Clayton The Snowy Heron (Shirasagi) by Teinosuke Kinugasa The Soldiers of Pancho Villa (La Cucaracha)...
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