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ESTROUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of lower mammals) showing or in a state of estrus; in heat
Example:
the estrous cycle
Classified under:
Similar:
monestrous; monoestrous (having one estrous cycle per year)
polyestrous; polyoestrous (having more than one period of estrus per year)
Domain category:
mammal; mammalian (any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk)
Antonym:
anestrous ((of lower mammals) not in a state of estrus; not in heat)
Derivation:
estrus (applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity)
