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  1. dioestrus: Collins English Dictionary
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  1. dioestrus: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (dioestrus)

▸ noun:  (biology) A period of sexual inactivity (in female mammals) between periods of oestrus.

Similar:
oestrum, oestrus, rutting, mating season, female, rutting season, ovulator, aestivator, daily torpor, diurnation, more...

Opposite:
proestrus, estrus, anestrus

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Similar:
oestrum, oestrus, rutting, mating season, female, rutting season, ovulator, aestivator, daily torpor, diurnation, more...

Opposite:
proestrus, estrus, anestrus



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