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The act or state of hibernating. Evelyn.

torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation.

areous septum with which some mollusks close the aperture of the shell during the time of hibernation, or æstivation.

See Hibernacle, Hibernate, Hibernation.

struction, or indigestible mass, found in the intestine of bears and other animals during hibernation.

shad. -- Winter sheldrake (Zoöl.), the goosander. [Local, U.S.] -- Winter sleep (Zoöl.), hibernation. -- Winter snipe (Zoöl.), the dunlin. -- Winter solstice. (Astron.) See Solstice, 2. -- Winter teal (Zoöl.), the green-winged teal. -- Winter wagtail (Zoöl.), the gray wagtail (Motacilla melanope). [Prov. Eng.] --…