latibulize

verb

1. (rare)To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter.

   “1802, George Shaw, General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History, vol. 3, part 1, publ. by G. Kearsley, page 11, footnote. When kept in gardens in Italy and Germany, it is observed to latibulize in October, and to reappear in April.”

   “Grippe got a grip on Col. John Stapp which kept him latibulizing till the ground-hog heralded close of winter, and bluebirds and robins have begun rehearsing their spring symphonies.”

   “Special attention in the analysis of the coast line is paid to estuaries, which are comfortable areas that bears use as a starting point to move to the interior of the island to latibulize and a place where female bears come with cubs (Ovsyanikov, 1995).”

2. (archaic, figuratively, rare)To retreat and lie hidden.

   “Now, sir, two courses are open to you: Without impropriety you might latibulize.”

   “[…] and we can, with all dignity and politeness, inform them that their services are not required, and that they may, as far as we are concerned, latibulize in the "sound money" party.”

   “O, why, like the reptile, did his sorrow not latibulize?”