estrous
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es·trous
(ĕs′trəs)adj.
Of, relating to, or being in estrus.
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es•trous
(ˈɛs trəs)adj.
pertaining to or involving the estrus.
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Adj. | 1. | estrous - (of lower mammals) showing or in a state of estrus; in heat; "the estrous state"; "the estrous cycle" 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 anestrous - (of lower mammals) not in a state of estrus; not in heat; "an anestrous bitch" |
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