estrous cycle
estrous cycle
nounDefinition of ESTROUS CYCLE
: the correlated phenomena of the endocrine and reproductive systems of a female mammal from the beginning of one period of estrus to the beginning of the next —called also estral cycle, estrus cycle
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1900
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