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    DIESTRUM

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season) a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activityplay

    Synonyms:

    diestrum; diestrus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("diestrum" is a kind of...):

    anestrum; anestrus; anoestrum; anoestrus (applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus)

    Derivation:

    diestrual ((of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity)

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