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snow-eater † 

• n. a warm, usually dry, west or southwest wind, commonest during winter and spring, that moderates the weather in the region east of the Rockies, including much of the western prairies on occasion, but regularly in the foothills from the Peace River to Colorado.

  See also: Chinook wind  

  • 1912  Snow-eater, a Chinook or warm wind which rapidly melts the snow.
  • 1951  Such periods (of cold) are often followed by summery chinook winds which the Indians call snow-eaters.
  • 1959  The warm west wind which brings this sudden change is known as . . . a "snow-eater."