overwintering
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English
Verb
overwintering
- present participle and gerund of overwinter
Noun
overwintering (countable and uncountable, plural overwinterings)
- The action of overwintering.
- (medicine) The survival of an infectious agent or its vector through the winter, during which time it does not infect a host.
Derived terms
References
- “overwintering”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Dutch
Etymology
From overwinteren + -ing.
Pronunciation
Noun
overwintering f (plural overwinteringen)
- the act or instance of spending the winter, overwintering
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