- monestrous
- adjective Date: 1900 experiencing estrus once each year or breeding season
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monestrous
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monestrous — mon*es trous, a. (Zool.) Having only one estrus period per breeding cycle or per year; of certain mammals. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
monestrous — /mon es treuhs/, adj. of or pertaining to a mammal that has one estrus period per breeding season, as the dog. Also, monoestrous. [1895 1900; MON + ESTROUS] * * * … Universalium
monestrous — Having but one estrous cycle in a mating season. * * * mon·es·trous ( )mä nes trəs or chiefly Brit mon·oes·trous ( )mä nēs adj experiencing estrus once each year or breeding season * * * mon·es·trous (mon esґtrəs) completing only one estrous … Medical dictionary
monestrous — mon·estrous … English syllables
monestrous — mon•es•trous [[t]mɒnˈɛs trəs[/t]] adj. zool. having one estrous period per breeding season • Etymology: 1895–1900 … From formal English to slang
monestrous — adjective having one estrous cycle per year • Syn: ↑monoestrous • Similar to: ↑estrous * * * /mon es treuhs/, adj. of or pertaining to a mammal that has one estrus period per breeding season, as the dog. Also, monoestrous. [1895 1900; MON +… … Useful english dictionary
monoestrous — adjective having one estrous cycle per year • Syn: ↑monestrous • Similar to: ↑estrous * * * variant of monestrous * * * /mon es treuhs, ee streuhs/, adj. monestrous … Useful english dictionary
False pregnancy — False pregnancy, most commonly termed pseudocyesis in humans and pseudopregnancy in other mammals, is the appearance of clinical and/or subclinical signs and symptoms associated with pregnancy when the person or animal is not pregnant. Clinically … Wikipedia
estrus — estrual /es trooh euhl/, adj. /es treuhs/, n. Zool. 1. Also, estrum /es treuhm/, oestrus. the period of heat or rut; the period of maximum sexual receptivity of the female. 2. See estrous cycle. [1885 90; < L oestrus OESTRUS] * * * Period in the… … Universalium
mammal — mammallike, adj. /mam euhl/, n. any vertebrate of the class Mammalia, having the body more or less covered with hair, nourishing the young with milk from the mammary glands, and, with the exception of the egg laying monotremes, giving birth to… … Universalium
