hibernaclen.
/ˈhʌɪbənək(ə)l/ A winter retreat; a hibernaculum.
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winter houseOE
winter housing?1440
hibernacle1708
1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) V. 231 The Legions on their Hybernacles think.
1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden ii. 17 (note) What is in common language called a bulbous root, is by Linneus termed the Hybernacle or winter-lodge, of the young plant.
1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 11 736 All the other snug and airless depositories and hybernacles of life in the city of cities.
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