aestivation meaning
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aestivation (noun): (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period.
Spelling: aestivation (British) · estivation (American)
aestivation has 2 meanings in this dictionary.
aestivation as a noun
- (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period
Synonyms: estivation
Type of: dormancy
Related forms: aestivate
- (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens
Synonyms: estivation
Type of: arrangement
Scrabble score: 14 (letter breakdown)
Word lists: words starting with AE · words ending in ON · 11-letter words
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