HyperDic: anestrous

English > 2 senses of the word anestrous:
ADJECTIVEpertanestrous, anestric, anoestrousof or relating to anestrus
allanestrous(of lower mammals) not in a state of estrus
English > anestrous: 2 senses > adjective 1, pert
MeaningOf or relating to anestrus.
Synonymsanestric, anoestrous
Spanishanestroso
Nounsanestrusapplies to nonhuman mammals
English > anestrous: 2 senses > adjective 2
Meaning(of lower mammals) not in a state of estrus; not in heat.
Example"an anestrous bitch"
Categorymammal, mammalianAny warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair
Narrowerdiestrous, dioestrous, diestrual, dioestrual(of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity
Oppositeestrous(of lower mammals) showing or in a state of estrus
Spanishanestroso

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