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aestivate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb aestivate has 1 sense
- aestivate(v = verb.body) estivate - sleep during summer; "certain animals estivate" is one way to catch some z's, kip, log z's, sleep, slumber
Derived form noun aestivation1
Antonym: hibernate
Sample sentence:
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
aestivate, v.intr. (US estivate)
1 Zool. spend the summer or dry season in a state of torpor.
2 formal pass the summer.
1 Zool. spend the summer or dry season in a state of torpor.
2 formal pass the summer.
Etymology
L aestivare aestivat-
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