Hibernacle


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Hi`ber´na`cle


n.1.That which serves for protection or shelter in winter; winter quarters; as, the hibernacle of an animal or a plant.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Hibernacle is a boffin's word to describe a place where an animal hibernates but it can also mean a winter retreat for humans.
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