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aestivation

/ ˌiːstɪˈveɪʃən; ˌɛs- /

noun

  1. the act or condition of aestivating
  2. the arrangement of the parts of a flower bud, esp the sepals and petals
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

A second possibility is that mosquitoes maintain a local presence and survive during the dry season, hidden away in a state of dormancy termed aestivation.

From Nature

Alternatively, the insects might spend the dry season in aestivation, a unique type of dormancy that occurs in some animals that need to survive long dry seasons.

From Nature

Of the physiology of aestivation nothing definite appears to have been ascertained.

A second factor is the availability of necessary shelter, especially aestivation sites.

This habit is doubtless of value, especially during hibernation or possibly during the summer lethargy or aestivation, the latter a habit which may be more general among these butterflies than is now supposed.

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