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hibernaculum

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hibernaculum [‚hī·bər′nak·yə·ləm]
(biology)
A winter shelter for plants or dormant animals.
(botany)
A winter bud or other winter plant part.
(invertebrate zoology)
A winter resting bud produced by a few fresh-water bryozoans which grows into a new colony in the spring.
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In order to more fully characterize winter body temperatures of reptiles and evaluate the possibilities of winter thermoregulation and hibernaculum selection, we studied over-wintering body temperatures of free-ranging Cottonmouth snakes, Agkistrodon piscivorus (Lacepede).
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