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Meanings of estivate in English

Catalan
estiuar
Spanish
estivar

Sleep during summer.

      estiuar
      Synonyms
      Examples for "aestivate"
      Examples for "aestivate"
      1
      Ever more crapulous, they aestivate and hibernate, the queens of tatty courts and shabby courtiers.
      Financial Crime and Corruption
      Usage of estivate in English
      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
      Translations for estivate
      Catalan
      estiuar
      Spanish
      estivar