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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hibernate/ˈhʌɪbəneɪt/
▶verb (of an animal or plant) spend the winter in a dormant state.
– derivatives
hibernation noun,
hibernator noun.
hibernation noun,
hibernator noun.
– origin C19 (earlier (C17) as hibernation): from L. hibernare, from hiberna ‘winter quarters’, from hibernus ‘wintry’.
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