Usually means: Dormancy during hot, dry periods.
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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word aestivating:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. aestivating: Merriam-Webster
  2. aestivating: Collins English Dictionary
  3. aestivating: Vocabulary.com
  4. aestivating: Wiktionary
  5. aestivating: Dictionary.com
  6. aestivating: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. aestivating: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

(Note: See aestivate as well.)

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▸ verb:  Alternative spelling of estivating

Similar:
estivate, hibernise, euthanaze, vernalised, inlive, jonezing, enturbaning, programing, cuing, talkin', more...

Opposite:
hibernating, active, awake, alert

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Similar:
estivate, hibernise, euthanaze, vernalised, inlive, jonezing, enturbaning, programing, cuing, talkin', more...

Opposite:
hibernating, active, awake, alert



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