1. A crystal of snow
   "Each snowflake has a unique crystalline structure";
   - flake
    
2. White Arctic bunting
   "Snowflakes descended from the tundra cliffs in graceful swoops";
   - snow bunting, snowbird, Plectrophenax nivalis
    
3. [informal] Someone who is hypersensitive to insult or easily offended, esp. someone perceived as being too politically correct
   "He dismissed the criticism as coming from snowflakes who couldn't handle opposing views"

Derived forms: snowflakes

Type of: bunting, crystal

Part of: genus Plectrophenax, Plectrophenax, snow, snowfall

Encyclopedia: Snowflake, VA