Zoological Behavior

verb to fill to excess or beyond normal capacity; to overfill or stuff

adjective engorged (past participle form)

• The blood vessels engorge during an inflammatory response.
• I can feel my cheeks engorge when I blush.
• I engorge on pizza every Friday night.
• Her heart seemed to engorge with love for her newborn baby.

adjective having a radiating form or arrangement, like a star

• The actiniform shape of the coral reef was a result of the intricate growth patterns of the polyps.
• The coral reef looked like a bunch of flower petals with its actiniform structure.
• That coral reef is so cool, it's all actiniform and stuff.
• Her hair cascaded down her back in an actiniform manner, resembling a waterfall.

verb Aestivates is a verb that means to spend the summer in a state of torpor or dormancy, often used in reference to animals.

• During the hot summer months, the turtle aestivates to avoid the extreme heat.
• My pet tortoise loves to aestivate in its cozy burrow when it's too hot outside.
• I wish I could just aestivate all day instead of dealing with this heat.
• Sometimes I feel like aestivating from the world and just taking a break from everything.