Terms vs Monestrous - What's the difference?
terms | monestrous |
(label) Of or pertaining to a mammal, such as the dog, that only enters into heat once during each of its normal breeding cycles.
* 1977 , Solomon Zuckerman and Barbara J. Weir (eds.), The Ovary: Volume 2 Physiology , 2nd ed., ISBN 9781483259758,
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* 2013 , William O. Reece, Functional Anatomy and Physiology of Domestic Animals , ISBN 9781118685990,
As a noun terms
is .As an adjective monestrous is
(label) of or pertaining to a mammal, such as the dog, that only enters into heat once during each of its normal breeding cycles.monestrous
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- The dog, wolf, and fox are monestrous , the fox and wolf having one and the dog two cycles in a year.
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- Males of monestrous species also exhibit a cycle, being sexually active only during the females' estrus.
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- Most wild carnivorous mammals are monestrous .