monestrous
monestrous adjective: of or pertaining to a mammal, such as the dog, that only enters into heat once during each of its normal breeding cycles.
Adjective
monestrous (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to a mammal, such as the dog, that only enters into heat once during each of its normal breeding cycles.
- The dog, wolf, and fox are monestrous, the fox and wolf having one and the dog two cycles in a year.1977, Solomon Zuckerman, Barbara J. Weir, editors, The Ovary: Volume 2 Physiology, 2nd edition, →ISBN
- Males of monestrous species also exhibit a cycle, being sexually active only during the females' estrus.2005, Robert Hine, The Facts on File Dictionary of Biology, 4th edition, →ISBN, page 129
Antonyms of monestrous
Origin of monestrous
From mon- + estrous.
Questions about monestrous
- What does monestrous mean?
- Monestrous means of or pertaining to a mammal, such as the dog, that only enters into heat once during each of its normal breeding cycles.
- What part of speech is monestrous?
- Monestrous is an adjective.
Words near monestrous in the dictionary
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