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Snowcap  n.  (Zool.) A very small humming bird (Microchaera albocoronata) native of New Grenada. Note: The feathers of the top of the head are white and snining, the body blue black with a purple and bronzy luster. The name is applied also to Microchaera parvirostris of Central America, which is similar in color.





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"Snowcap" Quotes from Famous Books



... know you have got to go up it. This station at Buea is 3,000 feet above sea-level, which explains the hills we have had to come up. The mountain wall when viewed from Buea is very grand, although it lacks snowcap or glacier, and the highest summits of Mungo are not visible because we are too close under them, but its enormous bulk and its isolation make it highly impressive. The forest runs up it in a great band above Buea, then sends up great tongues ...
— Travels in West Africa • Mary H. Kingsley


Words linked to "Snowcap" :   natural covering, covering, cover


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