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noun applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- English estrus English anestrus From an- + estrus.
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