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white owl

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 Chile; -- 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.

Wiktionary
white owl

n. (context UK English) the barn owl, ''tyto alba''.

Wikipedia
White Owl

White Owls are American-made, machine produced cigars. White Owl cigars are inexpensive, costing .99 cents for a pack of two cigarillos. The logo consists of a snowy owl perched on a cigar. The brand is owned by Swedish Match.

Usage examples of "white owl".

The great white owl rose from the oak tree and flapped away, his soft wings inaudible against the rising background of crickets, peeping frogs, and whippoorwills.