1) Estivate 2) Sleep 3) Sleep during summer 4) Slumber
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1) Estivate
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to be inactive during warm dry periods
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To pass the summer in a certain manner or condition, often in a dormant or torpid state (Morris 1992). It is when animals, especially desert animals, go into a state of torpor or hibernation in response to very dry conditions or hot temperatures. They usually emerge for a period of activity in the fall of the year.
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• (v. i.) To spend the summer. • (v. i.) To pass the summer in a state of torpor.
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to become dormant in summer
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The behavior of laying dormant in the Summer to avoid heat or drought
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to become dormant in summer
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To aestivate is to lay dormant for the summer. Aestivation is similar to the familiar hibernation that many animals do, but is carried out by those creatures that don't like hot, dry weather. Such as the snail. Aestivation is not uncommon in animals who live in hot climates, especially those who require a degree of moisture, thus both land and wate...
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(L: aestus heat; aestivare to sleep through the summer heat, in a state of torpor) being dormant during summer or dry season, much like hibernation which is being dormant during winter.
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estivation, aestivation, estivate, aestivate 1. Passing the summer or dry season in a dormant or torpid state. 2. The manner in which plant structures are folded prior to expansion or opening.
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