Estivate
/ˈɛstɪˌveɪt/ verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To go into stasis or torpor in the summer months. intransitive
"Organisms have developed all sorts of ways of dealing with these variations. They hibernate or estivate or migrate."
- 2 sleep during summer wordnet
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More examples"Crocodiles do not hibernate but estivate within caves during the dry season."