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- verb Present participle of
aestivate . - verb Alternative spelling of
estivating .
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Examples
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There are hibernating animals: why no aestivating animals.
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Some fish species can survive in these dwindling pools by aestivating or by breathing air.
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The non-migratory fish have developed adaptations to survive extended drought periods, such as air breathing or aestivating in a mucous cocoon or egg.
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Do you know what species of snail might be aestivating in plain view on vertical surfaces plant stems, leaves, walls in Tunisia?
Off to Pittsburgh AYDIN 2007
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Several species of Australian burrowing frogs Cyclorana spp. cover their bodies with a cocoon when aestivating during dry periods.
Archive 2006-04-01 AYDIN 2006
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They usually hide under the rocks, but one summer we had more than a hundred of them aestivating on our garage door.
Archive 2006-05-01 AYDIN 2006
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Xerolenta obvia, a native of the istanbul area, aestivating on a lichen covered limestone rock.
Archive 2006-01-01 AYDIN 2006
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Many species in the family have the habit of climbing and aestivating on tree trunks, bushes, stems of grasses, herbaceous plants and on walls.
Archive 2006-09-01 AYDIN 2006
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Cocoon formation and metabolic depression by the aestivating hylid frogs Cyclorana australis and Cyclorana cultripes Amphibia: Hylidae.
Archive 2006-04-01 AYDIN 2006
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About 3 weeks ago while visiting the Tampa area, I found a bunch of them aestivating under rocks in Fred Howard Park in Pinellas County.
Archive 2006-06-01 AYDIN 2006
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