[snoh-fleyk] 
| 1. | one of the small, feathery masses or flakes in which snow falls. |
| 2. | Meteorology.
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| 3. | any of certain European plants belonging to the genus Leucojum, of the amaryllis family, resembling the snowdrop. |
| 4. | snow bunting. |
| a bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis, of the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere having white plumage. |
| snow bunting n. A finch (Plectrophenax nivalis) of northern regions, having predominantly white winter plumage. Also called snowflake. |
| snow·flake (snō'flāk') n.
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snowflake
(genus Leucojum), flowering plant of the family Amaryllidaceae, related to the snowdrop (genus Galanthus).
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