anoestrous

[an-es-truhs, -ee-struhs]

adjective

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anoestrus or anestrus (ænˈiːstrəs)

—n
	a period of sexual inactivity between two periods of oestrus in many mammals

[C20: New Latin; see an-, oestrus]

anestrus or anestrus

—n

[C20: New Latin; see an-, oestrus]

an'oestrous or anestrus

—*adj*

an'estrous or anestrus

—*adj*

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