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polyestrous

polyestrous adjective: having multiple periods of estrus in a year, or during a breeding season.

Adjective

polyestrous (not comparable)

  1. Having multiple periods of estrus in a year, or during a breeding season.

Antonyms of polyestrous

Origin of polyestrous

From poly- + estrous.

Questions about polyestrous

What does polyestrous mean?
Polyestrous means having multiple periods of estrus in a year, or during a breeding season.
What part of speech is polyestrous?
Polyestrous is an adjective.

Words near polyestrous in the dictionary

  1. polyesterify
  2. polyesters
  3. polyesterurethane
  4. polyesterurethanes
  5. polyestradiol phosphate
  6. polyestrous
  7. polyethene
  8. polyether
  9. polyether ether ketone
  10. polyethercarbonate
  11. polyethercarbonates

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