[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

snowy \snow"y\, a.
   1. white like snow. "so shows a snowy dove trooping with
      crows." --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. abounding with snow; covered with snow. "the snowy top of
      cold olympus." --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. fig.: pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless.
      1913 webster

            there did he lose his snowy innocence. --j. hall
                                                  1646.
      1913 webster

   snowy heron zool., a white heron, or egret ardea
      candidissima, found in the southern united states, and
      southward to chile; -- called also plume bird.

   snowy lemming zool., the collared lemming cuniculus
      torquatus, which turns white in winter.

   snowy owl zool., a large arctic owl nyctea scandiaca,
      or nyctea 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 zool., a small plover aegialitis 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.
      1913 webster
see also:
snowy heron ardea candidissima plume bird snowy lemming cuniculus torquatus snowy owl 
nyctea scandiaca nyctea nivea white owl snowy plover aegialitis nivosa 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

plume \plume\, n. f., fr. l. pluma. cf. fly, v.
   1913 webster
   1. a feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long,
      conspicuous, or handsome feather.
      1913 webster

            wings . . . of many a colored plume.  --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. zool. an ornamental tuft of feathers.
      1913 webster

   3. a feather, or group of feathers, worn as an ornament; a
      waving ornament of hair, or other material resembling
      feathers.
      1913 webster

            his high plume, that nodded o'er his head. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   4. a token of honor or prowess; that on which one prides
      himself; a prize or reward. "ambitious to win from me some
      plume." --milton.
      1913 webster

   5. bot. a large and flexible panicle of inflorescence
      resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large
      ornamental grasses.
      1913 webster

   plume bird zool., any bird that yields ornamental plumes,
      especially the species of epimarchus from new guinea, and
      some of the herons and egrets, as the white heron of
      florida ardea candidissima.

   plume grass. bot
      a a kind of grass erianthus saccharoides with the
          spikelets arranged in great silky plumes, growing in
          swamps in the southern united states.
      b the still finer erianthus ravennae from the
          mediterranean region. the name is sometimes extended
          to the whole genus.

   plume moth zool., any one of numerous small, slender
      moths, belonging to the family pterophoridae. most of
      them have the wings deeply divided into two or more
      plumelike lobes. some species are injurious to the
      grapevine.

   plume nutmeg bot., an aromatic australian tree
      atherosperma moschata, whose numerous carpels are
      tipped with long plumose persistent styles.
      1913 webster
see also:
fly plume bird ardea candidissima plume grass erianthus saccharoides erianthus ravennae 
plume moth pterophoridae plume nutmeg atherosperma moschata 

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