hibernating

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Titus and Bjorklund shoveled mounds of ice over the crabs, putting them in a hibernating state to make it easier to transfer them into containers to be weighed.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025

"I along with students and colleagues have been monitoring a winter hibernating colony of tricolored bats in an abandoned tunnel in upstate South Carolina since the winter of 2013-14," Loeb said.

From Salon • Jul. 30, 2024

Cook: This spicy, smoky chili is perfect after a long day skiing — or hibernating.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2024

Unlike hibernating rodents who are almost comatose, bears do move around occasionally during this dormant period.

From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2023

He trudged out through the drifts leaving the boy to sleep under the tree like some hibernating animal.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy