estivate
/ˈɛstəˌveɪt/
verb
- To spend the summer in a state of inactivity or dormancy, like some animals do to survive hot, dry weather.
- During the hottest months, the frogs estivate in the mud at the bottom of dried-up ponds.
- Many desert snails estivate by sealing themselves inside their shells until the rains return.
- Some species of fish estivate by burying themselves in the riverbed when the water level drops.
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