Aestivate
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historical examples
in such cases the insect must aestivate rather than hibernate.
b-tterflies worth knowing clarence m. weed
the australian mudfish (ceratodus) is not known to hibernate or aestivate.
encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 13, slice 4 various
verb (intransitive)
to p-ss the summer
(of animals such as the lungfish) to p-ss the summer or dry season in a dormant condition compare hibernate
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