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hibernate

a state of inactivity that some animals enter during the winter to survive cold weather and a lack of food

surface tension

the force that acts on the surface of a liquid

polonium

a chemical element with the symbol Po and atomic number 84

Alice Catherine Evans

an American bacteriologist who conducted pioneering research on milkborne diseases

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