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estivate, aestivate (verb); estivates, aestivates; estivated, aestivated; estivating, aestivating
1. To spend the summer in a particular or special place: Jake and Jackie plan to estivate at the lake and go boating every day.
2. In zoology, to spend the summer in a dormant or an inactive and torpid (suspended animation) condition: Alex was amazed to realize that many animals tend to estivate during the summer; especially, during the hot dry weather.
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2. In zoology, to spend the summer in a dormant or an inactive and torpid (suspended animation) condition: Alex was amazed to realize that many animals tend to estivate during the summer; especially, during the hot dry weather.
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“estivate”
To spend the summer in a particular or special place; some creatures spend the summer in a dormant sleepy, a torpid (suspended animation), or just being inactive because of the summer heat. (1)
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