anestrous
English Thesaurus
1. (of lower mammals) not in a state of estrus; not in heat (adj.all)
| domain category | : | mammal, mammalian, |
| definition | : | any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk (noun.animal) |
| antonym | : | estrous, |
| definition | : | (of lower mammals) showing or in a state of estrus; in heat (adj.all) |
2. of or relating to anestrus (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | anestrum, anestrus, anoestrum, anoestrus, |
| definition | : | applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | anestrum, anestrus, anoestrum, anoestrus, |
| definition | : | applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus (noun.state) |
3. (of lower mammals) not in a state of estrus; not in heat (adj.all)
| antonym | : | estrous, |
| definition | : | (of lower mammals) showing or in a state of estrus; in heat (adj.all) |
4. of or relating to anestrus (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | anestrum, anestrus, anoestrum, anoestrus, |
| definition | : | applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | anestrum, anestrus, anoestrum, anoestrus, |
| definition | : | applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus (noun.state) |
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