snow flood

A flood caused by melting snow. snow-flower, s. Bot.: (1) The Snowdrop (q.v.); (2) Chi on an thus virginica . snow-goose, s. Ornith.: Anser hyberboreus . Color white, sometimes with more or le of a ferruginous tinge on the head; bill, feet, and orbits aurora-red. It obtains its snow-white plumage only at maturity. It breeds in large numbers in the barren grounds of Arctic America, and migrates southward during the winter.