Estivate
//ˈɛstɪˌveɪt//
"Estivate" in a Sentence (2 examples)
Crocodiles do not hibernate but estivate within caves during the dry season.
Organisms have developed all sorts of ways of dealing with these variations. They hibernate or estivate or migrate.
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