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ESTROUS

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 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

(of lower mammals) showing or in a state of estrus; in heatplay

Example:

the estrous cycle

Classified under:

Adjectives

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)

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