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Nyctea Scandiaca
Snowy Snow"y, a. 1. White like snow. ``So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows.' --Shak. 2. Abounding with snow; covered with snow. ``The snowy top of cold Olympus.' --Milton. 3. Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless. There did he lose his snowy innocence. --J. Hall (1646). Snowy heron (Zo["o]l.), a white heron, or egret (Ardea candidissima), found in the Southern United States, and southward to Chili; -- called also plume bird. Snowy lemming (Zo["o]l.), the collared lemming (Cuniculus torquatus), which turns white in winter. Snowy owl (Zo["o]l.), a large arctic owl (Nyctea Scandiaca, or N. nivea) common all over the northern parts of the United States and Europe in winter time. Its plumage is sometimes nearly pure white, but it is usually more or less marked with blackish spots. Called also white owl. Snowy plover (Zo["o]l.), a small plover ([AE]gialitis nivosa) of the western parts of the United States and Mexico. It is light gray above, with the under parts and portions of the head white.

Meaning of Nyctea from wikipedia

- females considered as Strix nyctea. Until recently, the snowy owl was regarded as the sole member of a distinct genus, as Nyctea scandiaca, but mtDNA cytochrome...
- hindmargin; form "nyctea" has only one spot at the inner angle as well as one in the basal area like "auriflua"; form "trimaculata" is like "nyctea" but has another...
- with aberrant protrusion of the nictitating membrane in the snowy owl (Nyctea scandiaca)". Veterinary Ophthalmology. 6 (1): 11–13. doi:10.1046/j.1463-5224...
- the horned owls, eagle-owls and fish-owls; paraphyletic with the genera Nyctea, Ketupa, and Scotopelia, some 25 species Genus Glaucidium – the pygmy owls...
- Bubo Duméril, 1805 Type species Strix bubo Linnaeus, 1758 Species See text Synonyms Huhua Nyctea Stephens, 1826 Ophthalmomegas Dejaut, 1911 and see text...
- displaying the group's name and crest. The crest features a snowy owl (Nyctea scandiaca), the official bird of the Province of Québec. Because of their...
- Strix aluco – tawny owl Strix funerea – Boreal owl or Tengmalm's owl Strix nyctea - synonym of the snowy owl Strix stridula – synonym of the tawny owl Strix...
- Humanity". NPR. Retrieved 7 March 2010. John White (2001-02-17). "Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)003 – Silly lookingface". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27...
- Adam (1957). "The behaviour, breeding, and food-ecology of the snowy owl Nyctea scandiaca". Ibis. 99 (3): 419–462. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1957.tb01959...
- nemestrina) Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) Birds of prey and owls Snowy owl (Nyctea scandica) Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo bubo) Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus)...