dioestrous

2 definitions found

dioestrous - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  dioestrous \dioestrous\ dioestrual \dioestrual\adj.
     in a period of sexual inactivity; -- of animals that have
     several estrous cycles in one breeding season.
  
     Syn: diestrous, diestrual.
          [WordNet 1.5]

dioestrous - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dioestrous
      adj 1: (of animals that have several estrous cycles in one
             breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity [syn:
             diestrous, dioestrous, diestrual, dioestrual]