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Enormous snowdrop? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

avalanche

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'enormous snowdrop?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.

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(Other definitions for avalanche that I've seen before include "Sudden descent of massed snow etc" , "Landslide of snow" , "Mountainside fall" , "Large mass of sliding snow or stone" , "Deluge" .)

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