February n. : The second month in the year, said to have been introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month contains twenty-eight days; in the bissextile, or leap year, it has twenty-nine days.

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Defination from the web:
February (pronunciation) (help·info) is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... January and February were the last two months to be added to the Roman calendar, since the Romans originally considered winter a monthless period. ...