
aestivate



aestivate verb intrans. ['i:stɪveɪt, 'ɛst-] Also *estivate.
تابستان را گذراندن، (جانور شناسی). رخوت تابستانی داشتن، تابستان را بحال رخوت گذراندن
aestivate verb intrans. ['i:stɪveɪt, 'ɛst-] Also *
estivate.
E17.[Latin aestivat- pa. ppl stem of aestivare, formed as AESTIVE: see -ATE3.]Spend the summer,
spec. (
Zoology) in a state of torpor. Cf.
HIBERNATE.
■ aestivator noun an animal that aestivates
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