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DIESTRUAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does diestrual mean?
• DIESTRUAL (adjective)
The adjective DIESTRUAL has 1 sense:
1. (of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity
Familiarity information: DIESTRUAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity
Synonyms:
diestrous; diestrual; dioestrous; dioestrual
Similar:
anestrous ((of lower mammals) not in a state of estrus; not in heat)
Derivation:
diestrum; diestrus ((of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season) a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity)
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