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Topic: ANIMALS

Date: 1800-1900
Language: Latin
Origin: , past participle of hibernare 'to pass the winter', from hibernus 'of the winter'

hibernate

 verb
     
hi‧ber‧nate [intransitive]
HBA if an animal hibernates, it sleeps for the whole winter
—hibernation noun [uncountable]
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