subnivean
/sʌbˈnɪvɪən/adjective
Existing, living, or carried out underneath snow.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Sylvester Judd (1813–1853), novelist. From sub- + classical Latin niv-, nix snow + -ean.
- mountain flower
- mountain flox
- mountain-folding
- mountain folk
- mountain folks
- mountain fringe
- mountain gazelle
- mountain gem
- mountain goat
- mountain grape
- mountain grass
- mountain green
- mountain guava
- mountain guide
- mountain-gun
- mountain hare
- mountain hawk
- mountain heath
- mountain heather
- mountain hemlock
- mountain hen
- mountain herring
- mountain holly
- mountain howitzer
- mountain-land