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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A brief interval (from 6 to 14 days) between two periods of sexual desire in animals.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun same as
diestrus .
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- noun biology The interval between two periods of
estrus
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (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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