latibulize

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

LATIB'ULIZE, verb intransitive [Latin latibulum, a hiding place.] To retire into a den, burrow or cavity, and lie dormant in winter; to retreat and lie hid. The tortoise latibulizes in October.
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