"snowcat" meaning in All languages combined

See snowcat on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: snowcats [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps from the brand name Sno-Cat, probably from snow + caterpillar track. Etymology templates: {{m|en|snow}} snow, {{m|en|caterpillar track}} caterpillar track Head templates: {{en-noun}} snowcat (plural snowcats)
  1. A truck-like enclosed vehicle on tracks, designed to move on snow. Translations (vehicle): ратрак (ratrak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), sněžná rolba [feminine] (Czech), neĝa traktoro (Esperanto), chenillette [feminine] (French), Pistenraupe [feminine] (German), Pistengerät [Austria, neuter] (German), truk salju (Indonesian), gatto delle nevi [masculine] (Italian), 雪上車 (setsujōshi) (alt: せつじょうしゃ) (Japanese), Schnéikaz (Luxembourgish), tråkkemaskin [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tråkkemaskin [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ratrak [masculine] (Polish), niveladora de neve [feminine] (Portuguese), ратра́к (ratrák) [masculine] (Russian), teptalnik [masculine] (Slovene), pistmaskin [common-gender] (Swedish), vessla [common-gender] (Swedish), snövessla [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-snowcat-en-noun-UpEYV-A-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: snowcats [plural]
Etymology: From snow + cat. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|snow|cat}} snow + cat Head templates: {{en-noun}} snowcat (plural snowcats)
  1. A visual representation of a cat made from snow. Categories (topical): Snow
    Sense id: en-snowcat-en-noun-EavnaRPu Disambiguation of Snow: 41 59 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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