亚洲网紅露点

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hibernaculum

[ hahy-ber-nak-yuh-luhm ]

noun

plural hibernacula
  1. a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
  2. winter quarters, as of a hibernating animal.


hibernaculum

/ 藢ha瑟b蓹藞n忙kj蕣l蓹m; 藞ha瑟b蓹藢n忙k蓹l /

noun

  1. the winter quarters of a hibernating animal
  2. the protective case or covering of a plant bud or animal
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

hibernaculum

  1. A protective case, covering, or structure, such as a plant bud, in which an organism remains dormant for the winter.
  2. The shelter of a hibernating animal.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of hibernaculum1

First recorded in 1690鈥1700; from Latin 丑墨产别谤苍腻肠耻濒耻尘 鈥渨inter residence,鈥 equivalent to 丑墨产别谤苍腻(谤别) 鈥渢o spend the winter鈥 + -culum suffix denoting place
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of hibernaculum1

C17: from Latin: winter residence; see hibernate
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At one point in 鈥淜entucky Route Zero,鈥 we encounter a carefully preserved cave for bats, complete with museum-like notations on perches, Conway asks a question the game seems to be raising throughout, and one that should resonate for anyone living in Los Angeles in the midst of our city鈥檚 homelessness crisis: 鈥淲ho鈥檚 gonna build the people hibernaculum?鈥

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Eric Weaver, the monument鈥檚 branch chief of natural resources, says Junction Cave has the largest known hibernaculum in the monument for Townsend鈥檚 big-eared bats.

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He says human disturbance during hibernation can cause significant impacts to bats and may even result in the abandonment of the cave as a hibernaculum.

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Spellers had to ace common words such as 鈥渋ntolerable鈥 and 鈥渄etrimental鈥 as well as more obscure terms such as 鈥渁nnus mirabilis鈥 and 鈥渉ibernaculum.鈥

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Spellers still competing had to ace common words, such as 鈥渋ntolerable鈥 and 鈥渄etrimental鈥, along with more obscure words, such as 鈥渁nnus mirabilis鈥 and 鈥渉ibernaculum鈥.

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