hibernaculum

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hibernaculum

/haɪ.bəˈnak.juː.ləm/ UK
/ˌhaɪ.bəɹˈnæk.jə.ləm/ US

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Borrowed from Latin hībernāculum (“winter quarters”).

noun hibernacula

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.
A bud, case, or protective covering that a plant uses to survive the challenging environmental conditions during a dormancy period.

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@misc{hibernaculum_2026,
  title = {hibernaculum},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hibernaculum},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}