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Hibernaculum
In zoology, a hibernaculum (winter residence) is the location chosen by an animal for hibernation
The word derives from the Latin hibernare (to spend the winter), which has its roots in the Indo-European ghei (winter) that is also the ancestor of words such as, chimera (a lamb that has live through one winter) and the Himalayas, from Sanskrit him (snow) + alaya (abode).

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Phot
A phot is a photometric unit of luminance. It is equal to one lumen per square centimetre.

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Backronym
A "backronym" (or bacronym) is a phrase that is constructed "after the fact" from a previously existing initialism or acronym. The term is sometimes used to refer to the initialism or acronym itself but usually, it is a "replacement" backronym, the abbreviation already having an associated phrase. When the backronym phrase becomes more popular than the original, the word becomes an "anacronym."

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Gegenschein
A phenomenon that can be seen in very dark sky locations. A faint band of light appears on the ecliptic at a point that is opposite to the Sun's current position. It is the reflection of the Sun on dust in space

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Ylem
Ylem is a term which was used by George Gamow, Ralph Alpher and their associates in the late 1940's for a hypothetical original substance or condensed state of matter created after the bigbang, which became subatomic particles and elements as we understand them today.

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Neologism
A neologism is a word, term, or phrase which has been recently created often to apply to new concepts, to synthesise pre-existing concepts, or to make older terminology sound more contemporary.

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Astrophobia
Astrophobia is a fear of stars and space.

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Analemma
This is the figure-eight shape that the Sun traces in the sky if it were photographed at the same time every day for a year.

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Sastrugi
Sastrugi or zastrugi are sharp irregular grooves or ridges formed on a snow surface by wind erosion and deposition, and found in polar and temperate snow regions.

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