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semi-hibernations

semi-hibernations is the plural of semi-hibernation.

Meaning of semi-hibernation

Noun

semi-hibernation (plural semi-hibernations)

  1. A state of reduced power consumption, and metabolic activity in animals during winter, but to a lesser degree than true hibernation.
    • Should a warm day soon follow this untoward excitement, the after effects are to a certain extent modified, as a good cleansing flight can be taken; but when the cold still continues, the bees never again being able to regain their former state of semi-hibernation, drag out their existence...1914, Samuel Simmins, A Modern Bee-farm and Its Economic Management, page 111

Questions about semi-hibernations

What is semi-hibernations the plural of?
Semi-hibernations is the plural of semi-hibernation.

Words near semi-hibernations in the dictionary

  1. semi-hard
  2. semi-harmonic
  3. semi-harmonics
  4. semi-heavy water
  5. semi-hibernation
  6. semi-hibernations
  7. semi-highway
  8. semi-highways
  9. semi-homemade
  10. semi-hourly
  11. semi-human

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