Wavey

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Snow \Snow\, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. sn[=a]w; akin to D. sneeuw,
     OS. & OHG. sn[=e]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[=o]r,
     snaj[=a]r, Sw. sn["o], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith.
     sn["e]gas, Russ. snieg', Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix,
     nivis, Gr. acc. ni`fa, also AS. sn[imac]wan to snow, G.
     schneien, OHG. sn[imac]wan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows,


     Gr. ni`fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or
     sticky. [root]172.]
     1. Watery particles congealed into white or transparent
        crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth,
        exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect
        forms.
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     Note: Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are
           of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-clad,
           snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow-fed,
           snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding,
           snow-wrought, and the like.
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     2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color
        (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in,
        flakes.
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              The field of snow with eagle of black therein.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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     {Red snow}. See under {Red}.
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     {Snow bunting}. (Zool.) See {Snowbird}, 1.
  
     {Snow cock} (Zool.), the snow pheasant.
  
     {Snow flea} (Zool.), a small black leaping poduran
        ({Achorutes nivicola}) often found in winter on the snow
        in vast numbers.
  
     {Snow flood}, a flood from melted snow.
  
     {Snow flower} (Bot.), the fringe tree.
  
     {Snow fly}, or {Snow insect} (Zool.), any one of several
        species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Boreus}. The
        male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These
        insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow
        in great numbers.
  
     {Snow gnat} (Zool.), any wingless dipterous insect of the
        genus {Chionea} found running on snow in winter.
  
     {Snow goose} (Zool.), any one of several species of arctic
        geese of the genus {Chen}. The common snow goose ({Chen
        hyperborea}), common in the Western United States in
        winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and
        legs and bill red. Called also {white brant}, {wavey}, and
        {Texas goose}. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose ({Chen
        coerulescens}) is varied with grayish brown and bluish
        gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper
        part of the neck white. Called also {white head},
        {white-headed goose}, and {bald brant}.
  
     {Snow leopard} (Zool.), the ounce.
  
     {Snow line}, lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this
        is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the
        equator, 16,000 feet.
  
     {Snow mouse} (Zool.), a European vole ({Arvicola nivalis})
        which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains.
  
     {Snow pheasant} (Zool.), any one of several species of large,
        handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus {Tetraogallus},
        native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The Himalayn snow
        pheasant ({Tetraogallus Himalayensis}) in the best-known
        species. Called also {snow cock}, and {snow chukor}.
  
     {Snow partridge}. (Zool.) See under {Partridge}.
  
     {Snow pigeon} (Zool.), a pigeon ({Columba leuconota}) native
        of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump are
        white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are black.
        
  
     {Snow plant} (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb ({Sarcodes
        sanguinea}) growing in the coniferous forests of
        California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled
        to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots
        up.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wavey \Wa"vey\, n. (Zool.)
     The snow goose. [Canadian, & Local U. S.]
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