musth

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He goes through musth, acting agitated and forgetting to eat.

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  1. noun An annual period of heightened aggressiveness and sexual activity in male elephants, during which violent frenzies occur.

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  • Hamiltoin's article makes no attempt to do this and his discussion musth therefore be discounted by any one with a claim to being interested in science. —  newmatilda.com - Comments
  • '' Unskilled keepers often cannot detect symptoms of 'musth' (heat) when male elephants become aggressive and display behavioural changes, '' she said. —  EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed
  • When a male elephant is in musth - a state that may last two months - its testosterone levels rise and, visibly, the temporal gland located between the eyes and ears oozes secretions. —  EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed
  • Because of the demand for elephants during the temple festival season, mahouts and owners may decide to take a risk and overlook a musth condition. —  EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed
  • According to Venkitachalam, 56 elephants, displaying clear signs of being in musth, were counted at work this season. —  EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed
 

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  1. Urdu mast, from Persian, drunk, from Middle Persian.
 

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