torpor in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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torpor [Brit ˈtɔːpə, Am ˈtɔrpər] N

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torpor in the PONS Dictionary

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torpor [ˈtɔ:pəʳ, Am ˈtɔ:rpɚ] N no pl form

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Such an extended period of torpor is close to a state of hibernation, not known among other birds.

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Some hummingbirds go into a nightly state of torpor accompanied with a reduction of their metabolic rates.

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Infection causes bats to rouse too frequently from torpor (temporary hibernation) and starve to death through excessive activity.

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While roosting, at least some banana pipistrelles enter daily torpor during cool weather.

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Torpor enables animals to survive periods of reduced food availability.

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Such states may be brief, regular circadian cycles called torpor, or they might occur in much longer, even seasonal, cycles called hibernation.

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Even during lactation a female is capable of entering daily torpor without affecting the offspring.

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However, before entering torpor, a sugar glider will reduce activity and body temperature normally in order to lower energy expenditure and avoid torpor.

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Golden moles have a low metabolic rate and are able to enter into a state of torpor in response to cold temperatures.

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Coupled with the daily torpor is a process called re-warming.

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