ADJECTIVE | pert | anestrous, anestric, anoestrous | of or relating to anestrus |
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all | anestrous | (of lower mammals) not in a state of estrus |
Meaning | Of or relating to anestrus. | |
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Synonyms | anestric, anoestrous | |
Spanish | anestroso | |
Nouns | anestrus | applies to nonhuman mammals |
Meaning | (of lower mammals) not in a state of estrus; not in heat. | |
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Example | "an anestrous bitch" | |
Category | mammal, mammalian | Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair |
Narrower | diestrous, dioestrous, diestrual, dioestrual | (of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity |
Opposite | estrous | (of lower mammals) showing or in a state of estrus |
Spanish | anestroso |
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