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monestrous en · ADJ

Etymology

From mon- + estrous.

Meanings

  1. (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.
    • 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:
    • Most wild carnivorous mammals are monestrous. 2013, William O. Reece, Functional Anatomy and Physiology of Domestic Animals, →ISBN, page 477:
    • 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:

Antonyms

polyestrous