summer dormancy

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• dormancy — /dawr meuhn see/, n. the state of being dormant. [1780 90; DORM(ANT) + ANCY] * * * ▪ biology Introduction       state of reduced metabolic activity adopted by many organisms under conditions of environmental stress or, often, as in winter, when… …   Universalium

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• estivation — Living through the summer in a quiescent, torpid state. Cf.:hibernation. * * * es·ti·va·tion or aes·ti·va·tion .es tə vā shən n the state of one that estivates * * * es·ti·va·tion (es″tĭ vaґshən) [L. aestivus, from aestas summer]… …   Medical dictionary

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