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snowflakes




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snowflakes
     1. n. plural of snowflake
snowflake
     1. n. A crystal of snow, having approximate hexagonal symmetry.
     2. n. Any of several bulbous European plants, of the genus , having white flowers.
     3. n. The snow bunting,.
     4. n. (slang) Someone who believes they are as unique and special as a snowflake; someone hypersensitive to insult or offense, especially a young person with politically correct sensibilities.
     5. n. Someone (usually white) who was opposed to the abolition of slavery (Missouri, 1860s)“” from Merriam-Webster Dictionary
     6. n. (opthalmology) A type of lesion that appears as scattered white-brown spots under high magnification light microscopy.
     7. n. Something that is unique in every presentation.
     8. n. (slang) A Caucasian person.
     9. v. (computing, databases) To arrange (data) into a snowflake schema.

Example Sentences

No two snowflakes are identical, or at least no one has found them yet. 
No two snowflakes are exactly alike. 
Snowflakes are tiny, but in large numbers can be deadly. 



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