| ADJECTIVE | all | estrous | (of lower mammals) showing or in a state of estrus |
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| Sounds | eh'strahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | (of lower mammals) showing or in a state of estrus; in heat. | |
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| Category | mammal, mammalian | Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair |
| Narrower | monestrous, monoestrous | Having one estrous cycle per year |
| polyestrous, polyoestrous | Having more than one period of estrus per year | |
| Opposite | anestrous | (of lower mammals) not in a state of estrus |
| Spanish | estral, estroso | |
| Nouns | estrus | applies to nonhuman mammals |
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