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ESTRUS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does estrus mean?

• ESTRUS (noun)
The noun ESTRUS has 1 sense:

1. applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

Familiarity information: ESTRUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ESTRUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

estrus; oestrus; rut; heat

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

physiological condition; physiological state (the state of the body or bodily functions)

Antonym:

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

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