Meanings
nounsnow bunting (plural snow buntings)
plural snow buntings
- A bird of species Plectrophenax nivalis, having white plumage, widely distributed in northern latitudes.
Soon the snow buntings will arrive, bringing song. My favourite snow bunting song is the clearance song they make to land.
2018, Tanya Tagaq, Split Tooth, And Other Stories (2023), page 117Synonyms: snowflick
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA bird of species Plectrophenax nivalis, having white plumage, widely distributed in northern latitudes.
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Translations
Bulgarian снежна овесарка
- снежна овесарка (snežna ovesarka)bird
Catalan sit blanc
- sit blancbird
Chinese Mandarin 雪鵐 /雪鹀
- 雪鵐 /雪鹀 (xuěwú)bird
Czech sněhule
- sněhulebird
Danish snespurv
- snespurvbird
Dutch sneeuwgors
- sneeuwgorsbird
Esperanto neĝemberizo
- neĝemberizobird
Estonian hangelind
- hangelindbird
Finnish pulmunen
- pulmunenbird
French plectrophane des neiges, bruant des neiges
- plectrophane des neigesbird
- bruant des neigesbird
German Schneeammer
- Schneeammerbird
Greek χιονοτσίχλονο
- χιονοτσίχλονο (chionotsíchlono)bird
Hawaiian ʻamaulikāka
- ʻamaulikākabird
Hungarian hósármány
- hósármánybird
Icelandic snjótittlingur
- snjótittlingurbird
Irish gealóg shneachta
- gealóg shneachtabird
Italian zigolo delle nevi
- zigolo delle nevibird
Japanese 雪頬白
- 雪頬白 (yuki hōjiro)bird
Latvian sniedze
- sniedzebird
Lithuanian sniegstartė
- sniegstartėbird
Norwegian snøspurv
- snøspurvbird
Polish śnieguła zwyczajna, śnieguła
- śnieguła zwyczajnabird
- śniegułabird
- śnieżkabird
Portuguese escrevedeira-das-neves, escrevedeiras-das-neves
- escrevedeira-das-nevesbird
- escrevedeiras-das-nevesbird
Romanian presură-de-iarnă, pasărea omătului
- presură-de-iarnăbird
- pasărea omătuluibird
Russian пуночка
- пуночка (punočka)bird
Scottish Gaelic eun-an-t-sneachda, bigein-sneachda
- eun-an-t-sneachdabird
- bigein-sneachdabird
Slovak snehuľka
- snehuľkabird
Spanish escribano nival
- escribano nivalbird
Swedish snösparv
- snösparvbird
Turkish kar kuşu, kar kiraz kuşu
- kar kuşubird
- kar kiraz kuşubird
- kar çintesibird
Ukrainian пуночка
- пуночка (punočka)bird
Cite this entry
APA
snow bunting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snow%20bunting
MLA
“snow bunting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snow%20bunting. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snow bunting,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snow%20bunting.
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