MONESTROUS

monestrous, monoestrous

(adjective) having one estrous cycle per year

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

monestrous (not comparable)

(biology) Of or pertaining to a mammal, such as the dog, that only enters into heat once during each of its normal breeding cycles.

Antonyms

• polyestrous

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

12 June 2025

RAREFACTION

(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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