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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hibernation \Hi`ber*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. hibernation.]
The act or state of hibernating. --Evelyn.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
hibernation
n 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"
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