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Diapause vs Aestivation - What's the difference?

diapause | aestivation |

In biology terms the difference between diapause and aestivation

is that diapause is a temporary pause in the growth and development of an organism due to adverse environmental conditions (especially in insects and in the embryos of many of the oviparous species of fish in the order Cyprinodontiformes while aestivation is a state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.

diapause

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Noun

(en noun)
  • (biology) A temporary pause in the growth and development of an organism due to adverse environmental conditions (especially in insects and in the embryos of many of the oviparous species of fish in the order Cyprinodontiformes)

    • aestivation

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    Alternative forms

    * * estivation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
  • (botany) The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
  • (obsolete) The spending or passing of a summer.

    • Related terms

    * aestivate