overwintering
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English
[edit]Verb
[edit]overwintering
- present participle and gerund of overwinter
Noun
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- “overwintering”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From overwinteren + -ing.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]overwintering f (plural overwinteringen)
- The act or instance of spending the winter, overwintering.