1) Aestivation 2) Dormancy 3) Quiescence 4) Quiescency 5) The act of estivating
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1) Aestivation
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Similar to hibernation, some herptiles will bury themselves and remain dormant when the climate is too dry and/or hot for comfort. It is also spelled aestivation.
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• (n.) Same as Aestival, Aestivate, etc.
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(from the article `dormancy`) ...used to delineate the dormant state only during winter. In arid regions a reverse phenomenon is seen in which the animal becomes torpid during the ... Another form of torpor, estivation, is experienced by animals in response to heat stress. This state is seen more often in ectothermic animals than ... ...
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<zoology> A dormant state involving vastly lowered metabolism which certain animals enter in order to survive hot weather. ... <botany> Refers to the arrangement of sepals and petals or their lobes in an unexpanded flower bud. ... Compare: vernation. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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(es″tĭ-va´shәn) a dormant state in which certain animals pass the summer; see also hibernation.
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A sleepy or dormant state caused by hot, dry, summer conditions.
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The period of suspended animation in many tropical insects and in some animals in response to hot, dry conditions.
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the lowering of metabolic rate during hot periods or droughts.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: es′tĭ-vā′shŭn Definitions: 1. Living through the summer in a quiescent, torpid state.
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n] - cessation from or slowing of activity during the summer
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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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A state of torpor or dormancy accompanied by decreased metabolic rate in an insect, fish, or amphibian as a (typically seasonal) adaptation to a prolonged period of hot or dry conditions.
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Aestivation - a period of summer dormancy.
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aestivation noun (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens
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the act of estivating. · the arrangement of the parts of a flower in the bud.
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cessation or slowing of activity during the summer
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