Hiemation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Hibernation. rare, uncountable

    "The biting November winds told the season had come when little could be accomplished; and, too, this was the time of the year when Cleve sought his hiemation in the metropolis."

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"The biting November winds told the season had come when little could be accomplished; and, too, this was the time of the year when Cleve sought his hiemation in the metropolis."

Etymology

From Latin hiems (“winter”).

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