Examples of 'overwinter' in a sentence

Meaning of "overwinter"

To overwinter means to spend the winter in a particular place, especially plants or animals that survive through the winter season in a dormant state
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  • To keep or preserve for the winter.
  • To spend the winter (in a particular place). Insects may overwinter in fallen fruit if it is not removed.
  • Insects may overwinter in fallen fruit if it is not removed.
  • To spend the winter (in a particular place).

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Natural mortality overwinter reduced by extensive ice.
Overwinter survival increases with increased cover.
They pupate and overwinter in their victims.
Rock ptarmigan is the only bird to overwinter.
Part of the larvae overwinter multiple times.
They overwinter as larvae in cocoons in bark crevices.
They pupate and overwinter in the soil.
The adults emerge in autumn and overwinter.
These insects overwinter in the stage of prepupae.
Significant numbers of golden plovers overwinter there.
It likes to overwinter on walls covered with ivy.
Some may remain in moist areas to overwinter.
They then overwinter within the mine.
After mating these grasshoppers overwinter as adults.
Adults overwinter and appear in early spring.

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Here they mate and overwinter as eggs.
Aphids overwinter as eggs on the host plant.
New adults remain in the host to overwinter.
Some species overwinter in the egg stage.
Colonies stop producing brood before they overwinter.
Scale insects overwinter under rough bark.
In this state the eggs overwinter.
Phylloxera can overwinter as nymphs on large roots.
The bees quickly return to their nests to overwinter.
The insects overwinter as larvae in the soil.
Most needle and leafminers overwinter as larva.
Both overwinter in the egg stage in the soil.
Corn flea beetle adults overwinter in grasses.
They overwinter in the adult stage.
Pupae do not seem to overwinter more than once.
They overwinter on tree trunks and thick boughs.
Some individuals may overwinter as biennials.
Pupae overwinter inside a silken cocoon.
The bacteria usually do not overwinter in the field.
The larvae overwinter in their penultimate instar stage.
After reaching the final stage larvae overwinter.
Most grasshoppers overwinter as eggs in the soil.
Fourth or fifth instar larvae overwinter.
Mature larvae overwinter in a cocoon in the soil.
The last generation adults overwinter.
Green cloverworms overwinter as either pupae or adults.
They return to winter wheat and alfalfa to overwinter.
Spinach may overwinter in temperate regions.
The availability of suitable substrate in which to overwinter is essential.
The species overwinter as a pupa or as an adult.
Both eggs and adults overwinter.
Young larvae overwinter in this case.
Only four of these populations were reported to overwinter as rhizomes.
Eccentricus overwinter in their amphibian hosts.
Determine factors affecting overwinter survival.

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