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(zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period
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dormancy,
quiescence,
quiescency a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction; "the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy"
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zoological science,
zoology the branch of biology that studies animals
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| estivation -
(botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens
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arrangement the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
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flower bud a bud from which only a flower or flowers develop
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