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  • noun Plural form of bivouac.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouac.

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Examples

  • The ants set up temporary camps, called bivouacs, and don't always venture forth to eat on a given day.

    Ars Technica John Timmer 2011

  • The ants set up temporary camps, called bivouacs, and don't always venture forth to eat on a given day.

    Ars Technica John Timmer 2011

  • Mr. Abbott had earlier angered indigenous-rights groups with remarks concerning the status of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, a 40-year-old collection of bivouacs and tent shelters in the capital.

    Opposition Seeks Inquiry Into Leak by Gillard Aide Enda Curran 2012

  • A trip round the whole island would take at least 10 days, and kayakers are allowed to stay in bivouacs on the beach from dusk till dawn as long as they leave no trace.

    Beat this: what's new in the Balearics 2011

  • The two movements would be identical if only tea partiers also camped out for months in public spaces, disrupted day-to-day life in communities, covered up serious crimes committed in their bivouacs and called for an end to capitalist exploitation.

    'Twins' That Look Nothing Alike 2011

  • To emphasize the cold, inhospitable emptiness of the West, O'Sullivan had to aim his lens elsewhere than at the roads and bivouacs just out of camera range.

    Western Development Richard B. Woodward 2010

  • To emphasize the cold, inhospitable emptiness of the West, O'Sullivan had to aim his lens elsewhere than at the roads and bivouacs just out of camera range.

    Western Development Richard B. Woodward 2010

  • To emphasize the cold, inhospitable emptiness of the West, O'Sullivan had to aim his lens elsewhere than at the roads and bivouacs just out of camera range.

    Western Development Richard B. Woodward 2010

  • By night the protesters retire to their bivouacs, presumably to read some self-improving literature.

    Railing Against ... Whatever 2010

  • By night the protesters retire to their bivouacs, presumably to read some self-improving literature.

    Railing Against ... Whatever 2010

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