"snow bike" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: snow bikes [plural]
Etymology: snow + bike * snow + bike (“motorcycle”) From being something akin to a two-wheeled motorcycle adapted for snow * snow + bike (“bicycle”) From being something akin to a bicycle adapted to snow Etymology templates: {{compound|en|snow|bike}} snow + bike, {{compound|en|snow|bike|gloss2=motorcycle}} snow + bike (“motorcycle”), {{compound|en|snow|bike|gloss2=bicycle}} snow + bike (“bicycle”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} snow bike (plural snow bikes)
  1. A mini-snowmobile built out of the frame of a motocross motorcycle (dirtbike), replacing the rear drive wheel with a long trailing caterpillar track and the front wheel with a single ski. Synonyms: snowbike, snow-bike Derived forms: snowbiking Related terms: fatbike, dirt bike, snowcross
    Sense id: en-snow_bike-en-noun-BWksN9Rs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
  2. Synonym of skibike (A bicycle frame with both the front and rear wheels replaced by skis) Synonyms: skibike [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-snow_bike-en-noun-UhwzdRkZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

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