estivate
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təˌveɪt verb (used without object), es·ti·vat·ed, es·ti·vat·ing.
1.
to spend the summer, as at a specific place or in a certain activity.
2.
Zoology. to spend a hot, dry season in an inactive, dormant state, as certain reptiles, snails, insects, and small mammals.
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aestivate or estivate (ˈiːstɪˌveɪt, ˈɛs-, ˈiːstɪˌveɪt, ˈɛs-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to pass the summer |
| 2. | Compare hibernate (of animals such as the lungfish) to pass the summer or dry season in a dormant condition |
| [C17: from Latin aestīvātus, from aestīvāre to stay during the summer, from aestās summer] | |
| estivate or estivate | |
| —vb | |
| [C17: from Latin aestīvātus, from aestīvāre to stay during the summer, from aestās summer] | |
| 'aestivator or estivate | |
| —n | |
| 'estivator or estivate | |
| —n | |
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Estivate
is always a great word to know.
So is vertebrate. Does it mean:
| having a backbone or spinal column |
| phylum comprised of arthropods |
| estivate (ˈiːstɪˌveɪt, ˈɛs-) | |
| —vb | |
| (intr) the usual US spelling of aestivate | |
| 'estivator | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
They estivate during the hot weather and hibernate during the cold weather.
Their goal is to find root systems or small mammal burrows in which to estivate over the hot summer.
Since snails lose weight when they estivate in summer, some growers do not stock pens by weight but by count.
By mid to late summer, squirrels return to their burrows to estivate and eventually hibernate.
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