Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To spend the summer.
- intransitive verb (Zoöl.) To pass the summer in a state of torpor.
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- verb Alternative spelling of
estivate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb sleep during summer
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Examples
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During dry weather both the juvenile and adult O. lactea aestivate on stems and blades of grass.
Otala lactea AYDIN 2008
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During dry weather both the juvenile and adult O. lactea aestivate on stems and blades of grass.
Archive 2008-03-01 AYDIN 2008
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The Australian Alps are also known for the annual migration of Bogong moths (Agrotis infusa) which aestivate in the mountains each summer.
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These snails aestivate on the surface fully exposed to the sun.
Archive 2006-04-01 AYDIN 2006
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The multi-layered cocoons form from outer epidermal cells that the frogs seem to shed in layers; the longer they aestivate, the more layers they add.
Archive 2006-04-01 AYDIN 2006
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During the dry Mediterranean summers most Albinaria species aestivate attached to rocks and their unintentional human-assisted transport on building materials have been documented.
Archive 2006-01-01 AYDIN 2006
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According to the paper, some species of these frogs may aestivate in the wild for more than a year waiting for the rains.
Archive 2006-04-01 AYDIN 2006
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In areas where the climate is the Mediterranean type, land snails aestivate during the dry and hot summers and are active during the fall, the mild winters and the spring.
Archive 2006-01-01 AYDIN 2006
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If, improbably, he had thought that private affairs could have first attention and public business be left to aestivate the summer through, developments on the frontier soon would have aroused him.
Washington Richard Harwell 1968
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If, improbably, he had thought that private affairs could have first attention and public business be left to aestivate the summer through, developments on the frontier soon would have aroused him.
Washington Richard Harwell 1968
johnmperry commented on the word aestivate
cf hibernate
July 24, 2008