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Definitions of estivate in various dictionaries:
verb - sleep during summer
To spend the summer, as at a special place.
To pass the summer in a dormant or torpid state.
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| Take a summer rental, perhaps |
| Relative of hibernate |
| Stay inactive over the summer |
| 4 in Vermont, say, spend summer there |
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| Jun 29 2014 New York Times |
| Jun 1 2011 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
| May 31 2007 USA Today |
| Mar 4 2006 Newsday.com |
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| (of an insect, fish, or amphibian) spend a hot or dry period in a prolonged state of torpor or dormancy. |
| sleep during summer |
| To spend the summer, as at a special place. |
| Zoology To pass the summer in a dormant or torpid state. |
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Aestivation or æstivation (from Latin: aestas, summer, but also spelled estivation in American English) is a state of animal dormancy, similar to hibernation, characterized by inactivity and a lowered metabolic rate, that is entered in response to high temperatures and arid conditions. It takes place during times of heat and dryness, the hot dry season, which are often the summer months. * Invertebrate and vertebrate animals are known to enter this state to avoid damage from high temperatures and the risk of desiccation. Both terrestrial and aquatic animals undergo aestivation. The fossil record suggests that aestivation may have evolved several hundred million years ago. * Organisms that aestivate appear to be in a fairly "light" state of dormancy, as their physiological state can be rapidly reversed, and the organism can quickly return to a normal state. A study done on Otala lactea, a snail native to parts of Europe and Northern Africa, shows that they can wake from their dormant state |