Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.