noun
Meaning 1
A large, white, nomadic Arctic owl (Bubo scandiacus).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
snowy owl
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Ahtna: yesbaa — large white owl
- Albanian: buf i dëborës — large white owl
- Azerbaijani: qütb bayquşu — large white owl
- Bulgarian: полярна сова (poljarna sova) — large white owl
- Catalan: duc blanc — large white owl
- Chinese Mandarin: 雪鴞 /雪鸮 (xuěxiāo) — large white owl
- Chinese Mandarin: 白鴞 /白鸮 (báixiāo) — large white owl
- Danish: sneugle — large white owl
- Dutch: sneeuwuil — large white owl
- Esperanto: neĝostrigo — large white owl
- Faroese: snjóugla — large white owl
- Finnish: tunturipöllö — large white owl
- French: harfang — large white owl
- French: harfang des neiges — large white owl
- German: Schneeeule — large white owl
- German: Schnee-Eule — large white owl
- Greek: λευκή κουκουβάγια (lefkí koukouvágia) — large white owl
- Greek: αρκτική κουκουβάγια (arktikí koukouvágia) — large white owl
- Greenlandic: uppik — large white owl
- Hebrew: לִילִית שֶׁלֶג (lilít shéleg) — large white owl
- Hungarian: hóbagoly — large white owl
- Icelandic: snæugla — large white owl
- Inuktitut: ᐅᒃᐱᒃ (okpik) — large white owl
- Irish: ulchabhán sneachtúil — large white owl
- Italian: gufo delle nevi — large white owl
- Japanese: 白梟 (shiro fukurō) — large white owl
- Korean: 흰올빼미 (huinolppaemi) — large white owl
- Navajo: hakʼaz néʼéshjaaʼ — large white owl
- Polish: sowa śnieżna — large white owl
- Portuguese: coruja-das-neves — large white owl
- Russian: бе́лая сова́ (bélaja sová) — large white owl
- Russian: поля́рная сова́ (poljárnaja sová) — large white owl
- Scottish Gaelic: comhachag-bhàn — large white owl
- Spanish: búho nival — large white owl
- Swedish: fjälluggla — large white owl
- Lower Tanana: yethbo — large white owl
- Turkish: kar baykuşu — large white owl
- Unami: opikukhus — large white owl
- Vietnamese: cú tuyết — large white owl
- Welsh: tylluan yr eira — large white owl