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Meanings of aestivate in English

Catalan
estiuar
Spanish
estivar

Sleep during summer.

estiuar
Synonyms
Examples for "estivate"
Examples for "estivate"
1
The young snail was still estivating on a fern frond.
The sound of a wild snail eating
2
The season was summer, the weather was hot, and many of the furry tidbits Sand and Mist preferred were estivating.
Dreamsnake
3
He spiraled down to the deepest levels of unconsciousness and rested there like a small river creature dreamily estivating the summer away in cool mud.
The stand
Usage of aestivate in English
1
Ever more crapulous, they aestivate and hibernate, the queens of tatty courts and shabby courtiers.
Financial Crime and Corruption
Translations for aestivate
Catalan
estiuar
Spanish
estivar
Aestivate through the time