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hi⋅ber⋅nal

  [hahy-bur-nl]
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–adjective
of or pertaining to winter; wintry.
Origin:
1620–30; < L hībernālis, equiv. to hībern(us) wintry + -ālis -al 1 ; akin to hiems winter (see hiemal )
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hi·ber·nal   (hī-bûr'nəl)   
adj.  Of or relating to winter.

[Latin hībernālis, from hībernus, wintry; see hibernaculum.]
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