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The big man wheeled around like a bear aroused from hibernation.
JUBILATION, U.S.A.G. L. VANDENBURG
It's more of a coma, something like the hibernation of a bear or a possum.
ISLANDS OF SPACEJOHN W CAMPBELL
Indeed it was what it seemed—War emerging from his hibernation and waking up to kill again.
THE GLORY OF THE COMINGIRVIN S. COBB
The bat's secret appears to be that he is not the bird-mammal, but the mammal-insect: economy of tissue, hibernation.
THE NATURAL PHILOSOPHY OF LOVEREMY DE GOURMONT
There have been many singular popular notions about the hibernation of various animals.
THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARYAMBROSE BIERCE
They probably had retired to deep subterranean hibernation sites.
FIELD STUDY OF KANSAS ANT-EATING FROGHENRY S. FITCH
Such individuals possibly breed in the summer following their first hibernation, when they are a year old or a little more.
FIELD STUDY OF KANSAS ANT-EATING FROGHENRY S. FITCH
For those recaptured in their second year, after one hibernation, length averaged 30.92 mm.
FIELD STUDY OF KANSAS ANT-EATING FROGHENRY S. FITCH
Those metamorphosed in early summer may attain minimum adult size before hibernation which begins in October.
FIELD STUDY OF KANSAS ANT-EATING FROGHENRY S. FITCH
For more than half the year, mid-October to early May the frogs are normally in hibernation.
FIELD STUDY OF KANSAS ANT-EATING FROGHENRY S. FITCH
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO HIBERNATION

  • flora
  • greenery
  • growth
  • herbage
  • hibernation
  • inactivity
  • lethargy
  • listlessness
  • verdancy
  • verdure
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