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snowy owl
noun
: a large ground-nesting diurnal arctic owl (Nyctea scandiaca) that enters the chiefly northern parts of the U.S. in winter and has plumage that is sometimes nearly pure white but usually with brownish spots or bars
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Owl ring bearers have become more popular at British weddings in the years since the success of the Harry Potter books and movies, in a nod to Hedwig, Harry’s snowy owl that delivered mail without an address, bird trainer Ryan Stocks said.
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Cathy Free, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024
The refuge — home to grizzly and polar bears, snowy owls, migratory birds, and herds of moose and caribou — is the nation's largest remaining expanse of unspoiled wilderness.
—Harold Maass, The Week, 7 Sep. 2023
The refuge in the northeastern corner of Alaska is home to grizzly and polar bears, snowy owls, migratory birds and herds of moose and caribou.
—Lisa Friedman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2023
Bristol County: The luminaries featured a greater white-fronted goose in Easton, a continuing Eurasian wigeon at The Sawmill in Acushnet, a snowy owl in New Bedford, and a yellow-breasted chat at Egypt Lane in Fairhaven.
—BostonGlobe.com, 8 Jan. 2022
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Cathy Free, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024
The refuge — home to grizzly and polar bears, snowy owls, migratory birds, and herds of moose and caribou — is the nation's largest remaining expanse of unspoiled wilderness.
—Harold Maass, The Week, 7 Sep. 2023
The refuge in the northeastern corner of Alaska is home to grizzly and polar bears, snowy owls, migratory birds and herds of moose and caribou.
—Lisa Friedman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2023
Bristol County: The luminaries featured a greater white-fronted goose in Easton, a continuing Eurasian wigeon at The Sawmill in Acushnet, a snowy owl in New Bedford, and a yellow-breasted chat at Egypt Lane in Fairhaven.
—BostonGlobe.com, 8 Jan. 2022
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