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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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