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Aestivation

noun
1.
(zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period.  Synonym: estivation.
2.
(botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens.  Synonym: estivation.





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"Aestivation" Quotes from Famous Books



... condition of the toad-in-a-hole; but with one important exception. The mud-fish leaves a small canal or pipe open in his cell at either end to admit the air for breathing, though he breathes (as I shall proceed to explain) in a very slight degree during his aestivation; whereas every proper toad-in-a-hole ought by all accounts to live entirely without either feeding or breathing in any way. However, this is a mere detail; and indeed, if toads-in-a-hole do really exist at all, we must in all probability ultimately ...
— Falling in Love - With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science • Grant Allen


Words linked to "Aestivation" :   quiescency, zoological science, aestivate, estivation, zoology, dormancy, botany, flower bud, arrangement, quiescence, phytology


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