Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having an estrous cycle that occurs only once during a single breeding season, usually annually.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zool.) Having only one estrus period per breeding cycle or per year; -- of certain mammals.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having one estrous cycle per year
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Examples
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The monestrous Robosaurus, which stands four stories high, has steel jaws and a fire breathing nose, hasn't been down under for 10 years.
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Jerry ended up with a rather strange look by the end of the movie that was much more monestrous looking.
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