Crocodiles do not hibernate but estivate within caves during the dry season.
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Estivate
//ˈɛstɪˌveɪt//
Synonyms for "estivate" (1 found)
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Verb(1 words)
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Translations
8 translations across 8 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- estiuar verb (go into stasis in the summer months)
Chinese
1 entries- 夏眠 verb (go into stasis in the summer months)
French
1 entries- estiver verb (go into stasis in the summer months)
Italian
1 entries- estivare verb (go into stasis in the summer months)
Māori
1 entries- moe raumati verb (go into stasis in the summer months)
Persian
1 entries- تابستان خفتن verb (go into stasis in the summer months)
Spanish
1 entries- estivar verb (go into stasis in the summer months)
Welsh
1 entries- hafgysgu verb (go into stasis in the summer months)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Organisms have developed all sorts of ways of dealing with these variations. They hibernate or estivate or migrate.
Source: wiktionary
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