wintering

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Lake Hyo in Agano, Niigata Prefecture, known as a wintering spot for swans, is expected to be added to the conservation list of the Ramsar Convention as an internationally vital wetland, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday.

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  1. The act of one who or that which winters in a specified place or manner. If God so prosper your voyage that you may … obtaine from him [the Prince of Cathay] his letters of priuiledge against the next yeeres spring, you may then … search and discouer somewhat further then you had discouered before your wintering. Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 434.
  2. Provision of fodder, shelter, etc., for cattle during winter. Young lean cattle may by their growth pay for their wintering, and so be ready to fat next summer. Mortimer, Husbandry.

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  • Meanwhile he went himself to Exeter, where the pagans were, wintering, and having shut them up within the walls, laid siege to the town. —  The Life of King Alfred
  • • Plant nectar sources for butterflies if in Monarch butterfly over-wintering areas —  Sustainablog
  • Water birds use the lake for a wintering area, and you're likely to see a range of species that includes the Wigeon, Marsh Harrier and Coot.
  • The wintering is my own and not the world's, although the world is wintering. —  The EDM SuperBlog
  • Lake Hyo in Agano, Niigata Prefecture, known as a wintering spot for swans, is expected to be added to the conservation list of the Ramsar Convention as an internationally vital wetland, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday. —  Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
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