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Noun: snowflake  'snow,fleyk
  1. A crystal of snow
    - flake
     
  2. White Arctic bunting
    - snow bunting, snowbird, Plectrophenax nivalis
     
  3. [informal] Someone who is hypersensitive to insult or easily offended, esp. someone perceived as being too politically correct

Derived forms: snowflakes

Type of: bunting, crystal

Part of: genus Plectrophenax, Plectrophenax, snow, snowfall

Encyclopedia: Snowflake, VA

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