aestivatorestivatorn.

Brit.

/ˈiːstᵻˌveɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈɛstəˌveɪdər/,

/ˈistəˌveɪdər/

Forms: 1800s– aestivator, 1800s– estivator.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: aestivate v., -or suffix.

Etymology: < aestivate v. + -or suffix. Compare hibernator n. at hibernate v. Derivatives.

An animal that aestivates.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habits or actions > [noun] > hibernating animal > that spends summer in torpor

aestivator1883

1883 Sunday Mag. 675/2 They search the dry bed of the river, dig up the buried estivators, and live on them.

1890 Current Lit. Jan. 63/1 We are as yet familiar with the habits of very few hibernators, and still less with those of æstivators.

1962 Jrnl. Mammalogy 43 532 It did show a depressed metabolism even at a high T_A which may be one distinguishing character of an estivator.

1995 Mammalian Species No. 509. 5/1 The Mohave ground squirrel is an aestivator that emerges earlier in the southern part of the Mojave Desert than farther north.

2009 M. Bright Diversity of Species 37 One amazing estivator is Australia's water-holding frog. Most of its life is spent in an underground burrow.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aestivator
释义	aestivatorestivatorn. Brit. /ˈiːstᵻˌveɪtə/, U.S. /ˈɛstəˌveɪdər/, /ˈistəˌveɪdər/ Forms: 1800s– aestivator, 1800s– estivator. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: aestivate v., -or suffix. Etymology: < aestivate v. + -or suffix. Compare hibernator n. at hibernate v. Derivatives. An animal that aestivates. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > [noun] > hibernating animal > that spends summer in torpor aestivator1883 1883 Sunday Mag. 675/2 They search the dry bed of the river, dig up the buried estivators, and live on them. 1890 Current Lit. Jan. 63/1 We are as yet familiar with the habits of very few hibernators, and still less with those of æstivators. 1962 Jrnl. Mammalogy 43 532 It did show a depressed metabolism even at a high T_A which may be one distinguishing character of an estivator. 1995 Mammalian Species No. 509. 5/1 The Mohave ground squirrel is an aestivator that emerges earlier in the southern part of the Mojave Desert than farther north. 2009 M. Bright Diversity of Species 37 One amazing estivator is Australia's water-holding frog. Most of its life is spent in an underground burrow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1883
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