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Estrus

LC control no.sh 85045017
Topical headingEstrus
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Variant(s)Estrous cycle
Estruation
Estrum
Heat in female animals
Oestrum
Oestrus
See alsoMammals--Reproduction
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Sexual behavior in animals
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Sexual cycle
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Found inAcad pr. dict. sci. tech. (estrus: period of sexual receptivity in female mammals)
Web. 3 (estrus or oestrus; also estrum or oestrum: a regularly recurrent state of sexual excitability during which female of most mammals will accept the male and is capable of conceiving; heat; estrous cycle)