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Definition of Aestivates

AEstivate
AEstivate [AE]s"ti*vate, v. i. [L. aestivare, aestivatum.] 1. To spend the summer. 2. (Zo["o]l.) To pass the summer in a state of torpor. [Spelt also estivate.]

Meaning of Aestivates from wikipedia

- rainy season without the water it had stored. The western swamp turtle aestivates to survive hot summers in the ephemeral swamps it lives in. It buries...
- extreme, the striped burrowing frog (Cyclorana alboguttata) regularly aestivates during the hot, dry season in Australia, surviving in a dormant state...
- neck always stay above 0 °C (32 °F). A few mammals in hot environments aestivate in times of drought or extreme heat, for example the fat-tailed dwarf...
- slugs excrete a thick coating of mucus around their bodies and can also aestivate. To do so, they secrete a protective layer of mucus and insulate themselves...
- carrion. They do not brumate, due to their equatorial home range, but may aestivate in the hotter, drier months. Red-footed (and yellow-footed) tortoises...
- Tar-gan-gil, Tackingal; however, all of them mean Bogong Moth, which aestivate on the mountain. In 2019, "Kunama Namadgi" was submitted to the Geographical...
- the temperate regions of planet Earth. In hot weather, adult Anopheles aestivate, which is a state of dormancy that enables the mosquito to survive in...
- northern Colombia, where it lives in small pools, streams, and swamps, but aestivates on land. The specific name, dahli, is in honor of Swedish-born Colombian...
- underground. These creatures would become active during the polar night and aestivate during the polar day due to the intense heat and radiation. Much of the...
- long distances towards and from the Australian Alps and gregariously aestivates in caves and other sites throughout the mountain range during the summer...