aestivate
11aestivate — /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 …
12aestivate — see ETHER …
13aestivate — v.intr. (US estivate) 1 Zool. spend the summer or dry season in a state of torpor. 2 formal pass the summer. Etymology: L aestivare aestivat …
14estivate — 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] …
15эстивация — aestivate эстивация. Летняя диапауза <diapause>, свойственная организмам низких широт и обеспечивающая их выживание в засушливый период. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва …
16Theba pisana — Taxobox name = Theba pisana image caption = Theba pisana snails aestivate on a fence post in Kadina, Australia. status = regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda ordo = Stylommatophora familia = Helicidae genus = Theba species = T …
17ether — [17] Greek aithér denoted the ‘upper atmosphere’, and by extension the ‘substance that permeated the cosmos’, from which the stars and planets were made. It was a derivative of the verb aíthein ‘ignite, blaze, shine’, a relative of Latin aestās… …
18oasthouse — [18] Although the compound oasthouse is not recorded until the mid 18th century, oast itself, which means ‘kiln’, goes right back to Old English, and beyond, to Indo European *aidh ‘burn’. This was also the source of Latin aestās ‘summer’,… …
19ether — [17] Greek aithér denoted the ‘upper atmosphere’, and by extension the ‘substance that permeated the cosmos’, from which the stars and planets were made. It was a derivative of the verb aíthein ‘ignite, blaze, shine’, a relative of Latin aestās… …
20oasthouse — [18] Although the compound oasthouse is not recorded until the mid 18th century, oast itself, which means ‘kiln’, goes right back to Old English, and beyond, to Indo European *aidh ‘burn’. This was also the source of Latin aestās ‘summer’,… …
