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"Estrous"
Keywords:
estrus
,
adjectival
,
cycle
,
mammals
,
adjective
Related Terms:
Anestrous
,
Estrus
,
Oestrus
,
Hermaphrodite
,
Intersex
,
Male
,
Intersexed
,
Neuter
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Copulation
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Heat
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Genitals
,
Hermaphroditism
,
Pseudohermaphrodite
,
Biological sex
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Intersexual
,
Genitalia
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Primary sex characteristics
,
Freemartin
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Hermaphroditic
,
Anestrus
,
Clitoris
,
Imposex
,
Penis
,
Male
,
Estrous cycle
,
Sex
,
Mating
,
Sexual
,
Genital
,
Feminization
,
Female
,
Gynandromorph
,
Vulva
,
Sexually dimorphic
,
Infibulation
,
Sperm
,
Reproductive organs
,
Amphimixis
,
Spaying
,
Heterothallism
,
Virilization
,
Alter
,
Gonad
,
Cunnilingus
,
Andrology
,
Ovotestis
,
Woman
,
Gonads
,
Impregnation
,
Heterothallic
An adjective meaning “heat,” which modifies such words as “cycle.” The estrous cycle is the heat cycle, or time from one heat to the next.
animal.ufl.edu
The female reproductive cycle.
m1.aol.com
See Heat
epa.gov
(of lower mammals) showing or in a state of estrus; in heat; "the estrous state"; "the estrous cycle"
wordnet.princeton.edu
the adjectival form of the noun estrus.
abtechnology.com
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Keywords:
copulation
,
pregnant
,
mating
,
receptivity
,
chance
Period when the female is able to begin copulation with the male and have a chance of becoming pregnant.
library.advanced.org
A period of sexual receptivity to the male which may not imply service or mating.
nsif.com