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hibernation

[hahy-ber-ney-shuhn] / ˌhaɪ bərˈneɪ ʃən /








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Typically, the invasive mosquitoes go into a type of hibernation every year.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

Rescue centres said with winters getting "wetter and wetter" and summers getting warmer, fewer hedgehogs were having a full hibernation, leading to health issues and unfamiliar feeding patterns.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

Read next: The Fed has gone into hibernation.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025

Figuring out how to mimic hibernation, allowing the human body to husband resources during long stretches of transport, could contribute to superiority in space.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

Perhaps that's my greatest social crime, I've overstayed my hibernation, since there's a possibility that even an invisible man has a socially responsible role to play.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison