anestrous
American
[an-es-truhs]
/ ænˈɛs trəs /
especially British,
anoestrous
adjective
Zoology.
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not showing a period of heat or rut.
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of or relating to the interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of heat or rut.
Etymology
Origin of anestrous
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