HIBERNATE, HIBERNATING, HIBERNATION
ADJECTIVES
1646 ► LATITANT of an animal: hibernating
NOUNS
1646 ► LATITANCY of an animal: hibernation
L18.. ► HIBERNACULUM the place or nest where an animal hibernates
VERBS
1623 ► HIEMATE → HYEMATE to pass the winter, to hibernate
1913 ► DEN UP to retire; to hibernate → Amer. dial. (Bk.)