snowy owl
a diurnal, Arctic and subarctic owl, Nyctea scandiaca, having white plumage with dark brown markings.
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They could have even been decked out in fuzzy feathers like gigantic, ancient snowy owls to keep warm.
The real Jurassic Park may have been in the Arctic | Sara Kiley Watson | June 28, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe next day, the Seattle Times reported that the snowy owl had moved 22 miles north.
Book Bag: Terry Tempest Williams’s Birding Bibles | Terry Tempest Williams | March 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAmong the species which thus modify their habits are the red crossbill, the redpoll, the Lapland longspur, and the snowy owl.
The Rocky Mountain Wonderland | Enos A. MillsA large red-tailed hawk was once put into a garret where there was a snowy owl.
That day I saw perched on the low branch of a tree a beautiful snowy owl, motionless, evidently watching for something.
The Land of the Long Night | Paul du Chaillu
British Dictionary definitions for snowy owl
a large owl, Nyctea scandiaca, of tundra regions, having a white plumage flecked with brown
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