1) Deep sleep 2) Sleep
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1) Deep winter sleep 2) Sleep mode 3) Torpidity 4) Torpor 5) Winter sleep
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A dormant, sleeplike state, with a lower body temperature and slower heart and breathing rate, that is characteristic of various animals during the winter months in cold climates, such as bears, bats, certain birds, snakes, frogs, and turtles; this state tends to protect against cold weather and to reduce the need for food (Morris 1992). Ground sq...
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• (n.) The act or state of hibernating.
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[Noun] Time spent hidden away in a deep sleep. In the winter a lot of animals hibernate.
Example: The squirrel came out of hibernation in the spring.
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a state of greatly reduced metabolic activity and lowered body temperature adopted by certain mammals as an adaptation to adverse winter conditions. ... [15 related articles]
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A dormant (sleep-like condition adopted by some animals to survive the harsh conditions of winter. Adaptive mechanisms to avoid starvation and extreme temperatures included reduced body temperature, a slower heartbeat, slower breathing rate, and slower rate of metabolism. Hibernation occurs in many ...
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Dormancy during the winter.
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The dormant state in which some animal species pass the winter. It is characterised by narcosis and by sharp reduction in body temperature and metabolic activity and by a depression of vital signs. It is a natural physiological process in many warm-blooded animals. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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(hi″bәr-na´shәn) a dormant state in which certain animals pass the winter, marked by deep sleep and sharp reduction in body temperature and metabolism. artificial hibernation a state of reduced metabolism, muscle relaxation, and a twilight sleep resembling narcosis, prod...
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Period of dormancy in winter or cool season during which metabolism decreases; in mammals temperature drops close to that of surroundings.
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Hi`ber·na'tion noun [ Confer French
hibernation .] The act or state of hibernating.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: hī′bĕr-nā′shŭn Definitions: 1. A torpid condition in which certain animals pass the cold months. True hibernators, such as woodchucks, ground squirrels, dormice, and some others, have body temperatures reduced to near the freezing point, with a very slow heartbeat, low metabolism, and infreq...
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A long-term, deep sleep during which the animal's heartbeat and respiration rates slow down considerably. Before going into hibernation, animals will store fat in their bodies to live off of until they awaken.
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It is a condition of dormancy in animals to protect themselves against cold and study food scarcity during winter.
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hibernation 1. An inactive state resembling deep sleep in which certain animals living in cold climates pass the winter. 2. The act or condition of passing the winter in a torpid or resting state. 3. A dormant, sleep-like state characterized by lower body temperature and reduced energy consumption and heart and breathing rates. 4. A physiologica...
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Section (also juice dormancy, vegetation dormancy, winter rigidity) in the annual vegetation cycle of the vine (see also BBCH code). This is understood to be the absolute dormancy of the plant between leaf fall in autumn and budding in spring. At this time the flow of sap and energy from the roots to the shoots and vice versa is at rest. This ...
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sleeping through winter
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a period of winter dormancy.
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The suspension of activity during the winter, cold period.
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noun the act of retiring into inactivity; `he emerged from his hibernation to make his first appearance in several years`
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State of dormancy in which certain animals spend the winter. It is associated with a dramatic reduction in all metabolic processes, including body temperature, breathing, and heart rate. The body temperature of the Arctic ground squirrel falls to below 0°C/32°F during hibernation. Hibernating bats may breathe only once every 45 minute...
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a time during which an animal is in a sleeplike dormant state, living off reserves of body fat, with slower metabolism and decreased body temperature and pulse rate
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Torpidity, especially in winter entered into by some kinds of mammals; the bodily temperature approximates that of the surroundings; the rate of respiration and the heart beat are much slower than in a non-hibernating mammal.
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the resting state in which some animals pass the winter
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