"snowy owl" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: snowy owls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} snowy owl (plural snowy owls)
  1. A large, white, nomadic Arctic owl (Bubo scandiacus). Categories (lifeform): Owls Synonyms: arctic owl, great white owl, snowy, Nyctea scandiaca [dated] Translations (large white owl): buf i dëborës [masculine] (Albanian), qütb bayquşu (Azerbaijani), полярна сова (poljarna sova) [feminine] (Bulgarian), duc blanc [masculine] (Catalan), 雪鴞 (Chinese Mandarin), 雪鸮 (xuěxiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 白鴞 (Chinese Mandarin), 白鸮 (báixiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), sneugle [common-gender] (Danish), sneeuwuil [masculine] (Dutch), neĝostrigo (Esperanto), snjóugla [masculine] (Faroese), tunturipöllö (Finnish), harfang [masculine] (French), harfang des neiges [masculine] (French), Schneeeule [feminine] (German), Schnee-Eule [feminine] (German), λευκή κουκουβάγια (lefkí koukouvágia) [feminine] (Greek), αρκτική κουκουβάγια (arktikí koukouvágia) [feminine] (Greek), uppik (Greenlandic), לִילִית שֶׁלֶג (lilít shéleg) [feminine] (Hebrew), hóbagoly (Hungarian), snæugla [feminine] (Icelandic), ᐅᒃᐱᒃ (okpik) (Inuktitut), ulchabhán sneachtúil [masculine] (Irish), gufo delle nevi (Italian), 白梟 (shiro fukurō) (Japanese), 흰올빼미 (huinolppaemi) (Korean), hakʼaz néʼéshjaaʼ (Navajo), sowa śnieżna [feminine] (Polish), coruja das neves [feminine] (Portuguese), бе́лая сова́ (bélaja sová) [feminine] (Russian), поля́рная сова́ (poljárnaja sová) [feminine] (Russian), comhachag-bhàn [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), búho nival [masculine] (Spanish), fjälluggla [common-gender] (Swedish), kar baykuşu (Turkish), cú tuyết (Vietnamese), tylluan yr eira [feminine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "eo",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "tunturipöllö"
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          "sense": "large white owl",
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        },
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          "sense": "large white owl",
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      "word": "buf i dëborës"
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      "sense": "large white owl",
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      "sense": "large white owl",
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      "sense": "large white owl",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "shiro fukurō",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "large white owl",
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      "sense": "large white owl",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "large white owl",
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      "word": "fjälluggla"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "large white owl",
      "word": "kar baykuşu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "large white owl",
      "word": "cú tuyết"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "large white owl",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tylluan yr eira"
    }
  ],
  "word": "snowy owl"
}

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