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Meanings of snowy owl in English

Russian
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Portuguese
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Spanish
buho nival
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Species of bird.

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Usage of snowy owl in English
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Here are the snowy owl of North America and the hawk owls.
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits
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And the two-horned rhinoceros has gone, and the great snowy owl.
The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone
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From a branch overhead a great snowy owl kept calling to his mate.
The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone
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In the middle of a howling gale, a snowy owl hovered over her party.
The Guardian
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It was the "great snowy owl" of the Arctic regions.
The Young Voyageurs: Boy Hunters in the North
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The snowy owl is a species chiefly found in the Arctic Circle, especially about Greenland and Iceland.
Chatterbox, 1905.
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Smithville Mayor Brian Fullmer lives near Smithville Lake and saw a snowy owl on his neighbor's roof.
Reuters
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Four hoots of that snowy owl.
A singular man
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This winter's snowy owl outbreak, with multiple sightings as far south as Oklahoma, remains largely a mystery of nature.
Reuters
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A polar bear grows wings and flies off as a party approaches: they have been following a snowy owl.
The Guardian
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This is Shakespeare's, from "Love's Labor's Lost," and perhaps has reference to the white or snowy owl:-
Birds and Poets : with Other Papers
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Albus' new snowy owl, who was as yet unnamed, sat in her cage next to Nobby's, clicking her beak nervously.
James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
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At the same instant the great snowy owl was observed wheeling above, and threatening to pounce upon the fleeing animal!
The Young Voyageurs: Boy Hunters in the North
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That day I saw perched on the low branch of a tree a beautiful snowy owl, motionless, evidently watching for something.
The Land of the Long Night
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Among the birds are found some species now only living in cold countries, such as the snowy owl, willow grouse, and flamingo.
The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished Races
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In Greenland once, I collected a snowy owl's pellet from beneath a great boulder long used as a perch for hunting and swallowing.
The Irish Times
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