plural of hibernaculum; multiple winter shelters or refuges where animals go to hibernate.
The Latin plural form of 'hibernaculum,' retaining its original Latin ending rather than converting fully to English pluralization; used in scientific and ecological literature.
Scientists still use the Latin plural for this word because it sounds more precise and scientific—it's one of many words where keeping the original language sounds more authoritative in English!
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