German | English | |
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Hungerstarre {f}; Hungerschlaf {f}; Verklammen {n} (beim Vogel); Hypothermie {f}; Torpidität {f}; Torpor {m} (Stoffwechseldrosselung) [zool.] | hypothermia; torpor (metabolic slowdown) | |
Hitzestarre {f}; Hitzeschlaf {m} | heat-induced torpor; heat torpor | |
Kältestarre {f}; Kälteschlaf {m}; Winterstarre {f} | cold-induced torpor; cold torpor; over-winter torpor; winter torpor | |
Unterkühlung {f}; Hypothermie {f} (Zustand) [med.] | (cold-weather) exposure; hypothermy; hypothermia | |
Tod durch Unterkühlung | death by exposure | |
den Kältetod sterben | to die of exposure / hypothermia; to freeze to death |