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- aestivate.См. эстивация.(Источник: «Англо-русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд-во ВНИРО, 1995 г.)
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AEstivate — [AE]s ti*vate, v. i. [L. aestivare, aestivatum.] 1. To spend the summer. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) To pass the summer in a state of torpor. [1913 Webster] [Spelt also {estivate}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
aestivate — [es′tə vāt΄] vi. aestivated, aestivating alt. sp. of ESTIVATE … English World dictionary
aestivate — variant of estivate … New Collegiate Dictionary
aestivate — См. estivate … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
aestivate — aestivation, n. aestivator, n. /es teuh vayt / or, esp. Brit., /ee steuh /, v.i., aestivated, aestivating. estivate. * * * … Universalium
aestivate — see ETHER … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
aestivate — v. be inactive during the summer months (Zoology); spend the summer in a specific place (also estivate) … English contemporary dictionary
aestivate — aes·ti·vate … English syllables
aestivate — aes•ti•vate [[t]ˈɛs təˌveɪt[/t]] v. i. vat•ed, vat•ing estivate aes ti•va′tion, n. aes′ti•va tor, n … From formal English to slang
aestivate — /ˈɛstəveɪt / (say estuhvayt) verb (i) (aestivated, aestivating) Zoology to enter into a dormant condition in response to high temperatures and aridity. Also, estivate. –aestivator, noun Usage: For spelling variation see ae1 …