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Noun Concept
Categories: Animal metabolism, Ethology, Sleep, Sleep physiology
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hibernation  Hibernation Inducement Trigger  hibernate  hibernated  hibernating
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Cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals WordNet 3.0
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Cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Hibernation is a state of minimal activity and metabolic depression undergone by some animal species. Wikipedia
Physiological state of dormant inactivity in order to pass the winter season Wikidata
A state of inactivity and metabolic depression in animals during winter. Wiktionary
State of inactivity during winter. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
dormancy
organic process
sleep
torpor
overwintering
+1 relations
HAS KIND
suspended animation
hibernation
DERIVATION
hibernate
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Otto's encyclopedia
DIFFERENT FROM
hibernation
overwintering
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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hibernation
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hibernate, hibernated, hibernating, hibernation in humans, Hibernation Inducement Trigger, Hibernation inducement trigger, hibernation induction trigger, hibernator, human hibernation, Hybernate

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