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hibernacula

hibernacula is the plural of hibernaculum.

Meaning of hibernaculum

Noun

hibernaculum (plural hibernacula)

  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.2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, chapter 10, in The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Henry Holt and Company
  2. A bud, case, or protective covering that a plant uses to survive the challenging environmental conditions during a dormancy period.

Questions about hibernacula

What is hibernacula the plural of?
Hibernacula is the plural of hibernaculum.

Words near hibernacula in the dictionary

  1. Hibbs
  2. Hibdon
  3. Hibdons
  4. hibernacle
  5. hibernacles
  6. hibernacula
  7. hibernacular
  8. hibernaculum
  9. hibernal
  10. hibernant
  11. hibernants

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