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Noun: hibernation  ,hI-bu(r)'ney-shun
  1. The torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter
     
  2. Cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals
     
  3. The act of retiring into inactivity
    "he emerged from his hibernation to make his first appearance in several years"

Derived forms: hibernations

Type of: dormancy, quiescence, quiescency, retiral [UK, dialect], retirement, torpidity, torpor

Encyclopedia: Hibernation

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