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  1. American Indian `snow-eater'. a warm dry wind
  2. that blows downhill on the eastern side of
  3. the Rocky Mountains. It often occurs in
  4. winter and spring when it produces a rapid
  5. thaw, and so is important to the agriculture
  6. of the area.
  7.