单词 | aestivation |
释义 | aestivation (once / 738707 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY aestivation: aestivations+/aestivate: aestivated, aestivates, aestivating, aestivation USAGE EXAMPLESLehmann's group found an early clue that aestivation might be the answer. Nature(Jul 08, 2014) Of the physiology of aestivation nothing definite appears to have been ascertained. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2012) A second factor is the availability of necessary shelter, especially aestivation sites. Duellman, William E., A Distributional Study of the Amphi...(2011) 1 n (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period 2Syn|Hyper estivation dormancy, quiescence, quiescency a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction n (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens Syn|Hyper estivation arrangement an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging |
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