aestivate

[es-tuh-veyt or, esp. British, ee-stuh-]

verb (used without object), aes·ti·vat·ed, aes·ti·vat·ing.

estivate.

Related formsaes·ti·va·tion, nounaes·ti·va·tor, noun

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Historical Examples of aestivation

Aestivation (summer sleep) is the similar condition in which other species pass periods of heat or drought in warm latitudes.
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Of the physiology of aestivation nothing definite appears to have been ascertained.
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British Dictionary definitions for aestivation

aestivation

US estivation

noun

the act or condition of aestivating

the arrangement of the parts of a flower bud, esp the sepals and petals

aestivate

US estivate

verb (intr)

to pass the summer

(of animals such as the lungfish) to pass the summer or dry season in a dormant conditionCompare hibernate

Derived Formsaestivator or US estivator, noun

Word Origin for aestivate

C17: from Latin aestīvātus, from aestīvāre to stay during the summer, from aestās summer

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Science definitions for aestivation

aestivation

[ĕs′tə-vā′shən]

Another spelling of estivation.