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estrus

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Main Entry:
es·trus 
          Listen to the pronunciation of estrus
Pronunciation:
\ˈes-trəs\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
New Latin, from Latin oestrus gadfly, frenzy, from Greek oistros — more at ire
Date:
circa 1890
: a regularly recurrent state of sexual excitability during which the female of most mammals will accept the male and is capable of conceiving : heat ; also : a single occurrence of this state


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