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anestrous

[ an-es-truhs ]

adjective

, Zoology.
  1. not showing a period of heat or rut.
  2. of or relating to the interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of heat or rut.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of anestrous1

First recorded in 1905–10; an- 1 + estrous

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