Usually means: Zone beneath snow, small animals.
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▸ adjective:  Occurring beneath a layer of snow; subnival.

Similar:
subnival, undersnow, untracked, snowcovered, superglacial, subglacial, oversnowed, besnowed, snow-covered, gelistagnic, more...

Opposite:
supranivean, above-snow, over-snow

Types:
shrew, vole, mouse, lemming, hamster, gerbil, mole, marmot, chipmunk, beaver, more...

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Similar:
subnival, undersnow, untracked, snowcovered, superglacial, subglacial, oversnowed, besnowed, snow-covered, gelistagnic, more...

Opposite:
supranivean, above-snow, over-snow

Types:
shrew, vole, mouse, lemming, hamster, gerbil, mole, marmot, chipmunk, beaver, more...



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