estivate|estivated|estivates|estivating in English

verb

be inactive during the summer months (Zoology); spend the summer in a certain place (also aestivate)

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1. What does Aestivate mean? Estivate

2. Aestivate definition: sleep during summer synonyms: estivate, sleep, kip, log Z's, slumber, catch some Z's antonyms: hibernate, wake, estivate, be active, waking

3. Aestivate in British English or US estivate (ˈiːstɪˌveɪt, ˈɛs-)

4. Estivate: 1 v sleep during summer “certain animals estivate ” Synonyms: Aestivate Antonyms: hibernate , hole up sleep during winter Type of: catch some Z's , kip , log Z's , sleep , slumber be asleep

5. Aestivate ( third-person singular simple present Aestivates, present participle aestivating, simple past and past participle aestivated ) Alternative spelling of estivate.

6. Aestivate ( third-person singular simple present aestivates, present participle aestivating, simple past and past participle Aestivated ) Alternative spelling of estivate.

7. African and South American lungfish are capable of surviving seasonal drying out of their habitats by burrowing into mud and estivating throughout the dry season.

8. Aestivate (third-person singular simple present Aestivates, present participle aestivating, simple past and past participle Aestivated) Alternative spelling of estivate; Related terms

9. Adventist admittees admitters advertent advertise amnestied Anteverts antimeres attendees attenders averments deaneries dementias denervate derivates detainees detainers determent determine detersive detriment diameters dreamiest edentates emendates enervated enervates entreated entremets estaminet estimated estivated estreated eternised

10. Bogong moth definition is - an Australian noctuid moth (Agrotis infusa) that is made into a paste and eated by the aborigines when the moths estivate in huge clusters in rocky mountians to which they migrate from the breeding grounds many miles away.