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.

Plume \Plume\, n. [F., fr. L. pluma. Cf. {Fly}, v.]
   1. A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long,
      conspicuous, or handsome feather.

            Wings . . . of many a colored plume.  --Milton.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) An ornamental tuft of feathers.

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

            His high plume, that nodded o'er his head. --Dryden.

   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.

   5. (Bot.) A large and flexible panicle of inflorescence
      resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large
      ornamental grasses.

   {Plume bird} (Zo["o]l.), 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 {E. Ravenn[ae]} from the Mediterranean
          region. The name is sometimes extended to the whole
          genus.

   {Plume moth} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous small, slender
      moths, belonging to the family {Pterophorid[ae]}. 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.