hibernaculum en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /haɪ.bəˈnak.juː.ləm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌhaɪ.bəɹˈnæk.jə.ləm/ (General-American)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hībernāculum (“winter quarters”).
Meanings
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The place where a hibernating animal shelters for the winter.
In winter, NLEBs use caves and mines as hibernacula.⁹⁴ Suitable habitat for the NLEB is present within the Proposed Route.
2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy, page 98:Aeolus Cave, which is set into a wooded hillside in Dorset, Vermont, is believed to be the largest bat hibernaculum in New England; it is estimated that before white-nose hit, nearly three hundred thousand bats—some from as far away as Ontario and Rhode Island—came there to spend the winter.
2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, chapter 10, in The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Henry Holt and Company:
- A bud, case, or protective covering that a plant uses to survive the challenging environmental conditions during a dormancy period.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hibernacula | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (5)
fi vuosiverso (botany: wintering bud) · fi talvehtimissilmu (botany: wintering bud) · fi talvipesä (zoology: shelter for winter) · fi turio (botany: wintering bud) · fi hibernaakkeli (botany: wintering bud)