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Torpid State During The Hot Season Crossword Clue

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noun

• (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period

• (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens

48%11 Organisms that go into a torpid state during hot weather
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39%12 Enters a torpid state during colder periods
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