hibernaculum

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /haɪ.bəˈnak.juː.ləm/    美 /ˌhaɪ.bəɹˈnæk.jə.ləm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The place where a hibernating animal shelters for the winter.
    — Aeolus Cave, which is set into a wooded hillside in Dorset, Vermont, is believed to be the largest bat hibernaculum in New England; it is estimated that before white-nose hit, nearly three hundred thousand bats—some from as far away as Ontario and Rhode Island—came there to spend the winter.
  2. A bud, case, or protective covering that a plant uses to survive the challenging environmental conditions during a dormancy period.

词形变化

hibernacula plural

词汇关系

相关词
hibernacle turion

词源

Etymology tree
Latin hībernāculumbor.
English hibernaculum
Borrowed from Latin hībernāculum (“winter quarters”).
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