hibernation
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3.9
- noun
- /ˌhaɪbərˈneɪʃən/
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hibernación
- Animals waking from hibernation will have nothing to eat!
- winter hibernation
Examples
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The calls of pikas signal their return to the surface, and marmot tracks tell of their awakening from hibernation.
Academic text (1991) -
It is time for our winter hibernation.
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So, what would make the bear wake up from the deep sleep of hibernation anyway?
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First off, I discovered that hibernation takes different forms in different animals.
Academic text (2007) -
An animal preparing for hibernation suddenly starts gaining weight.
Academic text (2007) -
And in early autumn, we can watch the bats swarm outside their hibernation sites.
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The beginning and end of hibernation are triggered by the mosquito's internal biological clock and the length of daylight.
Academic text (1992) -
There they will remain in hibernation, still and dormant, until the spring sun warms the soil enough to stir them from their slumber.
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Her father, Grant, spent his days studying black bears in Minnesota, sneaking into their hibernation dens to change the batteries in their collars.
Fiction book (1998) -
During winter, bears enter a state of hibernation to conserve energy while food is scarce.
Synonyms
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8.1
Not moving or changing for a time
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7.7
A temporary stop of heart and breathing that makes a person look dead but can be brought back
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6.2
A time when a plant or animal is inactive and not growing
Sleeping through the winter to save energy
Antonyms
How Inactive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hibernation comes from the Latin root hibern- meaning 'winter', so it originally meant 'spending the winter'. Animals enter hibernation by slowing their body processes and saving energy to survive the cold months.