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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
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Dutch
Etymology
From overwinteren + -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌoː.vərˈʋɪn.tə.rɪŋ/
- Hyphenation: over‧win‧te‧ring
Noun
overwintering f (plural overwinteringen)
- the act or instance of spending the winter, overwintering