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Definition of Hibernacula
1. hibernaculum [n] - See also: hibernaculum
Medical Definition of Hibernacula
1. Caves or other structures used by bats for hibernation. (05 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hibernacula
Literary usage of Hibernacula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1917)
"I examined some of these hibernacula on August 26th, and found the larvae still
... Some of the hibernacula were on very small twigs and were situated ..."
2. An Elementary Latin Dictionary by Charlton Thomas Lewis, Hugh Macmaster Kingery (1918)
"Of language, a hiatus. hiberna, drum, ». ; see hibernus. hibernacula, örum, ».
dim. [ hiberna ], tent* for winter - quarters, an encampment for winter, ..."
3. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"In many aquatics there develop special •winter buds or hibernacula, which readily
... In spring most hibernacula develop roots, and the stem elongates ..."
4. Living Plants and Their Properties: A Collection of Essays by Joseph Charles Arthur, Daniel Trembly MacDougal (1898)
"With the approach of autumn the tips of the stems grow in the form of a.
thick shoot with short, crowded leaves which are termed hibernacula. ..."
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