snowy owl

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a large white owl, Nyctea nyctea, native to the Arctic regions, ranging in winter south into the United States.

Quotations

1795

The beautiful species of White or Snowy owl is common in all parts of Hudson's Bay, as far north as the Copper-mine River.

1890

Unfortunately, while we slept, a Snowy Owl devoured the captured female, together with her four eggs.

1955

He soon discovered the trouble: a huge snowy owl on the roof-top aerial.