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

Derived forms: estivated, estivates, estivating

See also: estivation

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

Antonym: hibernate

Encyclopedia: Estivate

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