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British reptile heard weather feature (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blizzard

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'weather feature' is the definition.
'blizzard' can be an answer for 'weather' (I have seen 'awful weather' mean 'blizzard' so perhaps 'weather' could also mean 'blizzard'). I am not certain of the 'feature' bit.

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(Other definitions for blizzard that I've seen before include "awful weather" , "Severe snowstorm with high winds" , "Atrocious weather" , "Snow-wind combination" , "White storm" .)

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