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Verb: aestivate  'es-tu`veyt
  1. Sleep during summer
    "certain animals aestivate"
    - estivate

Derived forms: aestivates, aestivated, aestivating

See also: aestivation

Type of: catch some Z's, kip [Brit], log Z's, sleep, slumber

Antonym: hibernate

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