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hibernaculum
hai-bur-NA-kyuh-luhm
noun
a location for hibernation
1876John BurroughsWinter SunshineBy mid-October, most of the Rip Van Winkles among our brute creatures have lain down for their winter nap. The toads and turtles have buried themselves in the earth. The woodchuck is in his hibernaculum, the skunk in his, the mole in his; and the black bear has his selected, and will go in when the snow comes1968Arthur C. Clarke2001: A Space OdysseySometimes Bowman, as First Captain of Discovery, envied his three unconscious colleagues in the frozen peace of the Hibernaculum.1984Greg BearStar Trek: Corona...the probe floated from hibernaculum to hibernaculum, calculating the mass and complexity of each of the thirty frozen researchers.

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