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.