SNOWY OWL

Meaning of SNOWY OWL in English

a diurnal, arctic and subarctic owl, Nyctea scandiaca, having white plumage with dark brown markings.

[ 1775-85 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

SNOWY OWL — noun Date: 1781 a large ground-nesting diurnal arctic owl ( Nyctea scandiaca ) that enters the chiefly northern parts of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SNOWY OWL — White or barred brown-and-white typical owl ( Nyctea scandiaca , family Strigidae) of the Arctic tundra, sometimes found in Europe, …
Английский словарь Британика
SNOWY OWL — noun : a large diurnal arctic owl ( Nyctea nyctea ) that enters the northern parts of the United States …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SNOWY OWL — Date: 1781 : a large ground-nesting diurnal arctic owl ( Nyctea scandiaca ) that enters the chiefly northern parts of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SNOWY OWL — Function: noun Date: 1781 : a large ground-nesting diurnal arctic owl ( Nyctea scandiaca ) that enters the chiefly northern …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SNOWY OWL — ■ noun a large northern owl that breeds mainly in the Arctic tundra, the male being entirely white and the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SNOWY OWL — [snowy owl] n (1781): a large ground-nesting diurnal arctic owl (Nyctea scandiaca) that enters the chiefly northern parts of the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SNOWY OWL — (Nyctea scandiaca), a white or barred, brown-and-white bird of prey of the family Strigidae (order Strigiformes). It inhabits the Arctic …
Britannica English vocabulary
SNOWY OWL — White or barred brown-and-white typical owl ( Nyctea scandiaca , family Strigidae) of the Arctic tundra, sometimes found in Europe, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SNOWY OWL — (зоология) полярная (или белая) сова (Nyctea scandiaca)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SNOWY OWL — Белая сова
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SNOWY OWL — Белая сова
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SNOWY OWL — зоол. полярная или белая сова ( Nyctea scandiaca )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SNOWY OWL — зоол. полярная или белая сова ( Nyctea scandiaca )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SNOWY OWL — зоол. полярная или белая сова ( Nyctea scandiaca )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SNOWY OWL — белая сова (Nyctea scandiaca), полярная сова (Nyctea scandiaca)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SNOWY OWL — белая сова ( Nyctea scandiaca ) , полярная сова ( Nyctea scandiaca )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
SNOWY OWL — (зоология) полярная (или белая) сова (Nyctea scandiaca)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SNOWY — nivosi, nivatri
English interlingue dictionary
SNOWY — geographical name river 278 miles (447 kilometers ) SE Australia flowing from ~ Mountains to the Pacific in SE Victoria
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OWL — I Any of the mostly nocturnal barn and grass owls (Tytonidae), and bay owls (Phodilidae). Their virtually noiseless flight and …
Английский словарь Британика
OWL — I. ˈau̇l, esp before pause or consonant ˈau̇əl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English owle, from Old English ūle; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SNOWY — ˈsnōē, -ōi adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English snāwig, from snāw snow + -ig -y 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SNOWY — (a.) Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless.
Английский словарь Webster
SNOWY — (a.) Abounding with snow; covered with snow.
Английский словарь Webster
SNOWY — (a.) White like snow.
Английский словарь Webster
SNOWY — ( a. ) White like snow.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SNOWY — ( a. ) Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SNOWY — ( a. ) Abounding with snow; covered with snow.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SNOWY — — snowily , adv. — snowiness , n. /snoh"ee/ , adj., snowier, snowiest . 1. abounding in or covered with …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OWL — — owllike , adj. /owl/ , n. 1. any of numerous, chiefly nocturnal birds of prey, of the order Strigiformes, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SNOWY — adj. characterized by snow; covered in snow; pure as snow; white as snow
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
OWL — n. predatory (chiefly nocturnal) bird that has a large broad head with large eyes that face forward and are surrounded …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SNOWY — river 278 miles (447 kilometers ) SE Australia flowing from Snowy Mountains to the Pacific in SE Victoria
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SNOWY — adjective ( snow·i·er ; -est ) Date: before 12th century 1. a. : composed of snow or melted snow b. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OWL — noun Etymology: Middle English owle, from Old English ūle; akin to Old High German uwila owl Date: before 12th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SNOWY — adj white like snow. 2. snowy ·adj abounding with snow; covered with snow. 3. snowy ·adj fig.: pure; unblemished; unstained; …
Webster English vocab
OWL — noun a variety of the domestic pigeon. 2. owl ·vi to carry wool or sheep out of england. 3. owl …
Webster English vocab
SNOWY — [snowy] adj snow.i.er ; -est (bef. 12c) 1 a: composed of snow or melted snow b: marked by or covered …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OWL — [owl] n [ME owle, fr. OE ule; akin to OHG uwila owl] (bef. 12c): any of an order (Strigiformes) of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OWL — any member of the order Strigiformes, nocturnal birds of prey. According to some classifications, there are three extant families in …
Britannica English vocabulary
SNOWY — snow|y, Snowy BrE AmE ˈsnəʊ |i AmE ˈsnoʊ |i ▷ snow|ier i‿ə AmE i‿ ə r ▷ snow|iest i‿ɪst i‿əst …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OWL — owl BrE AmE aʊl ▷ owls aʊlz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SNOWY — / ˈsnəʊi; NAmE ˈsnoʊi/ adjective 1. [ usually before noun ] covered with snow : snowy fields 2. ( of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OWL — / aʊl; NAmE / noun a bird of prey (= a bird that kills other creatures for food) with large …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNOWY — snow ‧ y /ˈsnəʊi $ ˈsnoʊi/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . with a lot of snow: the snowy fields one …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OWL — owl /aʊl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: ule ] a bird with large eyes that …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SNOWY — adj. (snowier, snowiest) 1 of or like snow. 2 (of the weather etc.) with much snow. øsnowy owl a large …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OWL — n. 1 any nocturnal bird of prey of the order Strigiformes, with large eyes and a hooked beak, including barn …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SNOWY — adj. (snowier, snowiest) 1 of or like snow. 2 (of the weather etc.) with much snow. snowy owl a large …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OWL — n. 1 any nocturnal bird of prey of the order Strigiformes, with large eyes and a hooked beak, including barn …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SNOWY — adj. (snowier, snowiest) 1. of or like snow. 2 (of the weather etc.) with much snow. Phrases and idioms: snowy …
Oxford English vocab
OWL — n.1 any nocturnal bird of prey of the order Strigiformes, with large eyes and a hooked beak, including barn owls, …
Oxford English vocab
SNOWY — ( snowier, snowiest) A snowy place is covered in snow. A snowy day is a day when a lot of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OWL — ( owls) An owl is a bird with a flat face, large eyes, and a small sharp beak. Most owls …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNOWY — (snowier, snowiest) A ~ place is covered in snow. A ~ day is a day when a lot of snow …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SNOWY — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a snowy/snow-capped peak ▪ The snow-capped peaks of the Sorondo mountain range provide a dramatic …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OWL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES night owl COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE great ▪ Elsewhere these plains are home to …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OWL — [noun] [C] - a bird with a flat face, large eyes, a hook-shaped beak and strong curved nails, which hunts …
Cambridge English vocab
OWL — n. barn owl great horned owl horned owl screech owl snowy owl
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
OWL — n. Any of the mostly nocturnal birds of prey in the order Strigiformes: typical owls (family Strigidae), barn and grass …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SNOWY — adj. Snowy is used with these nouns: ↑ field , ↑ ground , ↑ hill , ↑ morning , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
OWL — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ barn , spotted , etc. ▪ stuffed ▪ wise ( often figurative ) ▪ He's a wise …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SNOWY — прил. 1) снежный, покрытый снегом 2) белоснежный Syn : snow-white покрытый снегом - * mountains (tops) снежные горы (вершины) - …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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