aestivate
v.
be inactive during the summer months (Zoology); spend the summer in a specific place (also estivate)
Estivation
Estivation or aestivation (from
Latin aestas, summer) is a rare state of
dormancy similar to
hibernation, but during the months of the
summer. Animals that estivate spend a summer inactive and insulated against heat to avoid the potentially harmful effects of the season (such as the increase in
temperature, or relative lack of water), or to avoid contact with other species with which they may otherwise be in competition, or for which they are prey. Some animals, including the
California red-legged frog, may estivate to conserve energy when their food and water supply is low.
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aestivate
Verb
1. sleep during summer; "certain animals estivate"
(synonym) estivate
(antonym) hibernate, hole up
(hypernym) sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's
(derivation) estivation, aestivation
Aestivate
(v. i.)
To spend the summer.
(v. i.)
To pass the summer in a state of torpor.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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